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

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145. How in the hell are these two things separate?

I'm queer and I'm struggling to figure out how social justice for people like me can be addressed in a non-economic way. If I'm discriminated against in the workplace or the housing market, I am fundamentally a victim of an economic process. Passing laws is *good* but it hasn't solved the problem, people still face discrimination and the government finds it difficult to investigate. You know what helps queer people defend ourselves? Institutions like labor unions and tenant's unions!

Marginalized people make less money than privileged people. How are we gonna fix that? We should pass laws, yes, but how are we going to disempower bigots? By transferring the ownership of workplaces, housing, common good, public services, etc. into the hands of workers and the community. Medicare for All is but one part of a program that would immensely help queer people like me, you ever hear that my community has worse health outcomes than straight people? It's true, at least partially because we are poorer and also because of discrimination, and free healthcare would help a whole hell of a lot!

I can keep going. Free college would be huge for queer kids who want to escape their homophobic families but can't pay for college without their parents support.

This idea that some forms of Justice are separate from another is so disingenuous! It's meant to sell a weak form of "social justice" that means diversifying the ruling class. Social justice for the bourgeoisie and nothing at all for the rest of us. None of us are free until we are all free.