“In the U.S. election of 1860, the New York Herald's owner James Gordon Bennett Sr. warned the white workers of New York, "... if Lincoln is elected, you will have to compete with the labor of four million emancipated negroes.” RacismEqualityUs PoliticsZero Sum Game Book:The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together Source: The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together