the evolution of a charge: from white privilege to white supremacist

[OneGrassRoot]

44. I think urgency is the point here... (w/edit)

While I don't dispute what you said and agree that racial and economic justice are intertwined and that both should be aggressively addressed with an eye toward systemic reform, when people feel a literal target on their back each day due to their skin color and the skin color of loved ones and friends, that is a matter of urgency -- an urgency that single-payer healthcare and increased minimum wage won't solve quickly enough.

I feel it important to acknowledge that poverty -- regardless of skin color -- is also resulting in death, right here in the United States of America.

I take a triage approach. Which groups of people are in the most daily danger of death and critical injury and dehumanizing suffering in a way we can act on NOW?

I think all people who are homeless fit that description as well, but that is where the classist/capitalistic aspect of our institutions must be transformed as we take direct grassroots action to the best of our abilities. Racism is a separate foundational element in our systems even though, again, they are intertwined.

Hope that makes sense.