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In reply to the discussion: I am, not surprised; but, somewhat dismayed with ... [View all]yurbud
(39,405 posts)246. those racial income inequality stats show how the two issues are inextricably linked
as they were with slavery.
Were blacks held as slaves primarily because of racism or to economically exploit them?
Likewise, I wonder if freedmen got their forty acres and a mule whether it would have been as easy for the South to take Jim Crow to the extremes they did.
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Yes, some cant do anything but bash Hillary, even without saying her name.
NoJusticeNoPeace
Apr 2015
#57
You have your opinion and I have mine. IMO you can't support both Wall Street
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#73
You could give the unedited quotation, you could give others, but instead you sling mud
Jim Lane
Apr 2015
#168
Well said. I am getting tired of the meme, "If Warren is polite to Clinton, then she obviously
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#207
saying she supports clinton is her merely being polite? and you say you are a warren supporter?
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#208
She is a good Democrat and will support Clinton. That doesn't mean she agrees with all of Clinton's
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#209
no one suggested that was her saying she agreed with ALL her policies. that is not what i addressed
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#210
I am always glad to enter honest discussion that are free of rudeness and ridicule.
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#111
I can always learn more about this issue, but I certain don't think this is necessary:
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#124
I also am a Democrat and fully support those that see the TPP as a disaster for the 99%.
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#129
I was hoping we could have a decent discussion. But saying things like this,
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#135
They are getting social justice others are deprived of. It isn't social justice
TheKentuckian
Apr 2015
#171
^^^^^^That is the wrong answer^^^^^ in my opinion and i have explained why. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#185
I think the people of this country are desperate for a leader that doesn't represent
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#192
Absolutely. Those people need a leader that will protect their investments and
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#222
I support lives before dollars. That's why I support a candidate that isn't
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#224
So explain to me what you see as the most pressing problem in America. nm
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#226
yes. so often, an experience is told, affects the reader, yet we say nothing. your post hit me,
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#193
"constantly harassed by police." That was closer to the truth when O'Malley was mayor.
Vattel
Apr 2015
#13
I beleive we build a stronger coalition if we see this as both and not one or the other.
NYC_SKP
Apr 2015
#5
like immediately. the life of our young black men and boys, to the $. it is a no duh, for me, too.
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#6
So if a black person has money, the police/store owners leave them alone, right?
NoJusticeNoPeace
Apr 2015
#59
Wait, you mean even if you have money and status, you still get picked on? How about that!
NoJusticeNoPeace
Apr 2015
#72
You should tell white people to shut the fuck up and listen and learn.
NoJusticeNoPeace
Apr 2015
#108
Or even better, that you have simply "misunderstood" the dog whistles, microaggressions and
Number23
Apr 2015
#137
No. They'll tell you that it's not racism. It's classism. They'll tell you to stop overreacting.
Liberal_Stalwart71
Apr 2015
#195
If by 'straight, white, christian, male' you mean right wingers, AKA Republicans/libertarians
AgingAmerican
Apr 2015
#239
social justice without economic justice means you are free to live in a cardboard box next to
yurbud
Apr 2015
#16
So what do you do about the fact that the first 'gay right' sought and still not given to us is
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#17
That is a fact. Amazingly, half of LGBT people are women and thus get it double scooped
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#98
I'd really, really like just one of the people who makes this bogus assertion answer me.
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#28
You could ask it of the wealthy gay couple who recently hosted the Cruz fundraiser
Fumesucker
Apr 2015
#49
Why would I do that? I'm asking the DUers who make the assertion, not Republicans who are
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#81
I try to be kind and pretend it is tough, but the silence in response really is revealing and this
Bluenorthwest
Apr 2015
#109
When the cops show up the white guy gets yelled at, the black guy gets his ass beat
NoJusticeNoPeace
Apr 2015
#63
my point was not that social justice would LEAD to the cardboard boxes--we're already headed there
yurbud
Apr 2015
#244
those racial income inequality stats show how the two issues are inextricably linked
yurbud
Apr 2015
#246
Economic justice arguments don't need to mention untidy details like racism, sexism, homphobia, etc.
Gormy Cuss
Apr 2015
#25
DU is becoming unbearable with the racism around here. Just absolutely ridiculous!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Apr 2015
#29
Trying to exercise the last semblance of diplomacy I have left. I hear ya!
Liberal_Stalwart71
Apr 2015
#123
hey... did some growing up in bakersfield. absolutely. lived in fresno first, for a couple years.
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#214
racism is not about the color of ones skin, the kink in ones hair or the flare of ones nostrils.
jeepers
May 2015
#251
You cannot have one without the other. Without economic justice, then there is no social justice.
1monster
Apr 2015
#31
as his daughter is the only one not invited to a bday party cause no blacks in the country club.
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#201
I can point to the only circumstance where this debate is not even considered ...
1StrongBlackMan
Apr 2015
#53
this is the argument. if we do not address the $, we lose and should not work to get a dem in
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#51
we are talking about those advocating not voting 2016 cause of the oligarchy, because the $ proceeds
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#68
The issues are inseparable ... but only for those experiencing assaults on both.
1StrongBlackMan
Apr 2015
#70
I think the chances of you getting either economic or social justice are slim...
Fumesucker
Apr 2015
#76
I'm not sure how anyone has any kind of labor rights, without first having human rights.
Rex
Apr 2015
#95
Yes, social justice is key to economic justice. That's why the economic royalists are so invested
Dont call me Shirley
Apr 2015
#103
Orioles COO John Angelos seems to disagree. He seems to think economic justice is very
rhett o rick
Apr 2015
#132
Said the white guy(?) about the white guy (?) that "knows" the condition of PoC ....
1StrongBlackMan
Apr 2015
#147
as the quote is circulated, i am thinking the same damn thing. says the white man. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#151
chief operating officer. and ya. gotta figure he has money. with the baltimore orioles. and ya...
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#156
for immediate address and change we are talking the supreme court. not trickle down. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#186
reversing the supreme crt as state laws reach it is far beyond a mere smoke and mirror.
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#153
2016... not enough time to do what you see we need to do. though you are right in all you say, 2016
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#164
my niece wants to be able to get an abortion, when her life is at stake. also. nt
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#188
I sincerely believe that the whites here at DU know this, but will never
Liberal_Stalwart71
Apr 2015
#220
When the founding fathers were fighting against England I am not sure that they were asked to
jwirr
Apr 2015
#233
I am saying that they were also fighting for social justice and their rights. Just like black people
jwirr
Apr 2015
#250
here is one on this thread, to the point. his daughter was excluded from a bday party cause at the
seabeyond
Apr 2015
#237
here's the thing. i was off doing something. this comes kicking to mind. white people that have the
seabeyond
May 2015
#258