2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Can I have a list of Hillary's Pro POC legislation? [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)I am multi ethnic. Black. White. Hispanic white. Native american. See? Which group fully accepts me regardless of my curly hair, brown skin, and hispanic surname???
I bet you can guess. My point is that blacks have historically not been allowed to 'become white' like immigrant groups. After a few generations, others are integrated, we are not allowed to become integrated, because of that historic slavery based color racism. Nothing has been done to rectify it. It is barely ackowledged. And once we begin speaking, we are told we are selfish for wanting what we are OWED. We are OWED equality. We have been here since before many of these white immigrant groups and are still disadvantaged. Why? Because we SHUT UP. Because we allow ourselves to be shamed into not asking for our due. Because we listen to nonsense like 'racism cannot be fixed!' That is bullshit, yes it can, we gotta hash it out until folks stop being so sensitive about hearing that other are oppressed.
This constant acceptance of a lower rung is the outside of enough. I exoect failure. All of them. Politicians fail. Cities fail. States fail. People fail. They all fail on race.
But to hear that someone is a champion and a fighter and say, show me, I feel like I'm from Missouri. Show me. Aint nothing there. Just a paper revolution. Hell, if I cannot get affirmative action I'll take at the very least a proper recording of the history of my people enshrined in law as a must do.
I cannot stop poking holes in his plans. They just do not account for race. His racial justice platform is so nice but has nothing in the way of how to. I hate that. When I plan a painting Indo thumbnails, drawings, a mock up,transfer that baby and then do the work. But I plan that shit. I hate big exciting bold and empty plans more than I hate mediocrity.