2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Dear Black People, [View all]TM99
(8,352 posts)there have not been that many.
And as a POC I understand two points that are being made, no matter how clumsily they are being communicated.
1) This needs to be done EVERYWHERE! I mean it. Not just NrN and that one Town Hall. It needs be done at as many Town Halls as possible and with all candidates, and yes, I do mean Clinton as well. It needs to be done at the Conventions, and it really does need to be done at GOP events.
2) Post New Left activism is different that the New Left activism of 1960's through the 1980's. We did not challenge our allies to check their privilege. We formed coalitions with our allies to fight the oppression of us all from our enemies over there, not in here. Yes, that is a different process.
So knowing that I try to see what they are saying as being more in line with that as opposed to being an insult to us minorities and the BlackLivesMatter movement.
I want everyone here on our side.