to quote a great television show "who is this we that you speak of?" not only did we, and by that I mean American liberals, especially American liberals of color warn you about these types, but you very patronizingly chided us when we did. You told us to be quiet, because if we showed ourselves, we would anger these people and lose elections. We had to smile when you showed the sort of people that uttered racial slurs comfort, camaraderie and solidarity that you never offered us, and by us, I especially mean that people of color that were the only reliable voters the Democrats could count on.
You made us be quiet because you wanted the carry favor with these voters. Since Pierce does name some names, let's talk about Ross, who simultaneously praised Hillary for being in the center, and chided her if she showed any warmth towards the left. Let's also not forget the way he would always chide the people who want to talk about racism, as if we were the ones keeping it alive. It was one thing to hear right wing idiots say things that anybody knew were racist, but called Martin Luther King "the silence of our friends" was it really hurt us, because it was made very clear that even though we're the ones would show up to vote, we are the ones that were going to empty your wallets for donations, that we were not going to be listen to, or even wanted all that much by the center.
And I have to confess, is really laughable to see many of these people that would always go ahead and wag their fingers at any brown or black person, who kept on saying "all lives matter". Who kept saying that may be we didn't deserve as many programs as those hard-working white people, now all the sudden, around. Here's a newsflash, that "white working-class" that you keep chasing knows you as a bunch of hypocrites, and they know that Trump will go ahead and give them what they really want: am I talk about jobs? No, am I talking about reduced deficits? No and my talking about peace, hell no!
What I'm talking about is the fact that mediocre people in the majority could count on a certain level of self-esteem boost because they know that black and brown people would always be lower than them on the totem pole, including and especially our first black president. And the people Pierce is justly railing against were not only ignorant of this, they knew it, and they were hoping keep their position of privilege.
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