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Race and class feature prominently as Kenyan President issues directive that spawns confusion, xenophobic attacks
What happens when a government tests how easily economic frustration can be redirected towards an identifiable group? What happens when people who should be asking why their economy is failing instead begin asking why another African is allowed to sell goods on the same street? What happens when a population is so economically exhausted that all it needs is a target?
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