Love it when AOC pushes Wingnuts' buttons; not so much mine about FDR

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172. I mentioned Social Security in my last post.

Domestic workers and farm workers did not benefit from social security in its first iteration. I mentioned this before.

Others on this thread have mentioned the Right to Collective Bargaining - and they also mentioned the tolerance for racial discrimination within the unions. There's a whole history of efforts by black workers, for instance, to access the right to organize on an equal basis. Look it up, if you care to.

Meanwhile, you're making the editorial judgement that these documented problems with the New Deal do not mean that it was racist. I generally don't frame complex issues on a racist/not racist binary, but I strongly disagree with the broad brush dismissal of racial inequalities that are a demonstrable part of the legislation's legacy.

There are some parts of the legislation that lifted all boats, such as minimum wage laws, and there are other parts that reinforced racial distinctions in lending and home ownership, such as FHA practices. The effects are felt widely and deeply and personally among many of us.

I would encourage you to investigate and appreciate the enduring and negative impact of these practices on communities of color then and now, because the future economic viability of the nation relies on the health of these communities. So we should at least recognize where previous solutions fell short.

But it's your choice. Do what you do.