Our liberation is bound together

[JustAnotherGen]

3. Having gone to the article

I'm not sure what it is the author is saying -

At the end:

Perhaps at its most basic level, Black liberation implies a world where Black people can live in peace, without the constant threat of the social, economic, and political woes of a society that places almost no value on the vast majority of Black lives. It would mean living in a world where Black lives matter.

While it is true that when Black people get free, everyone gets free, Black people in America cannot "get free" alone. In that sense, Black liberation is bound up with the project of human liberation and social transformation.

Is the author implying that we should subjugate our movement for that of the Greater Liberalism?

Here's where I challenge that . . .

We are the single most successful Civil Rights attainers in America. I would think if a rising tide is going to lift all boats - the 'others in the others' category would/Should look to us for how to get things done with long lasting impact.

If the article is saying - Get behind the black folks because they have been making touch downs incrementally since 1898 - I'm all for it.

If the article is saying - Hey look. There was this shiny object called OWS and now all of those folks are supporting a specifici candidate and you 'others' need to get with the program . . . I'm not buying it.

We know what we are doing - I'm not so sure OWS has the success record I'm looking for in terms of allowing an ally leadership roles.