This is my favorite universalist statement from Malcolm:

“I believe that there will ultimately be a clash between the oppressed and those that do the oppressing. I believe there will be a clash between those who want freedom, justice, and equality for everyone, and those who want to continue the system of exploitation. I believe there will be that kind of clash, but I don’t think that it will be based on the color of the skin.”

Socialists have always been able to oppose oppression based on social identity as well as exploitation based on class.

My argument is not “stop talking about race”. My argument—and the argument of Du Bois, King, and Malcolm X after he left NOI—is “talk about the last taboo, class, and how it affects race.”