Where did the idea come from that support for a second New Deal means support for Jim Crow?

[Ken Burch]

124. We both want both. And Bernie wanted both as much as Hillary.

And we need to put the Hillary V. Bernie thing in the past. It shouldn't matter anymore which side folks were on in that.

And if there were people in Congress who wouldn't vote for antiracist measures, they wouldn't vote for economic justice programs anyway.

I agree that we need social justice-and NOW. We need economic justice, too-and NOW. As I see it, they are distinct, but they are related(as the concept of "intersectionality" teaches). One of the reasons I've emphasized economic justice as a condition for social justice is that, in my experience, backlash against social justice is caused, as often as anything else, by the fear that gains for people helped by social justice measures somehow mean losses for those who weren't historically oppressed. I just felt that if we had both kinds of justice measures in place, the fear of falling into want that drives a lot of the backlash would vanish. It wouldn't end all of it, but it would make a major difference.

Without social democratic measures, without a right to a basically decent standard of living, people will always be played off against each other by race.

But while you think we disagree on priorities, I hope you can accept that we seek the same goal: justice for all.