Lenin was not white in the context of his contemporary society. Westerners were the ones who invented the racialist concepts of white and black, and at the time the white blob did not usually include slavs, poles, Greeks, Italians, etc.
But yeah not really a relevant point either way to their stupid argument
That is true but Lenin was Russian and in the context of Russian society, his ethinicity was privilaged over other groups that they colonised/oppressed.
Lenin was not white in the context of his contemporary society. Westerners were the ones who invented the racialist concepts of white and black, and at the time the white blob did not usually include slavs, poles, Greeks, Italians, etc.
But yeah not really a relevant point either way to their stupid argument
That is true but Lenin was Russian and in the context of Russian society, his ethinicity was privilaged over other groups that they colonised/oppressed.