2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: OK, I'm a Bernie supporter, but Hillary had a fine moment yesterday when she [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)I always get these lectures from white folks who seem to think black people lack the education or intelligence to figure out what is most important in their lives.
We are not on a plantation. You did not save us. We marched for ourselves and YOU joined US.
We are not going to slow down on our fight for each and every life to take up your banner of war against the oligarchy. See, to us, you are a PART of the SYSTEM that oppresses us, whether you like it or not. We do not TRUST you to effect the changes we want, especially since you refuse to see our issues as our primary struggle.
Regardless of the history of racism or the theory that it is just a tool of the one percent, it is OUR REALITY. Day after day we deal with systemic and interpersonal racism. Poor, rich, in between, racism. It affects every day of our lives. We will not see it as 'merely a tool of the oligarchy' since we have to fight EVERYBODY on this issue.
So until we get racism under control, we are not helping you break up the banks and shit and do the economic justice, since racism prevents us from fully participating in economic justice.