2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Black Lives Matter! Period. Therefore I Have Altered my Primary Intentions. [View all]zentrum
(9,865 posts)Ever hear of "reparations"? You know, that forty acres and a mule that was supposed to help Black Americans after the civil war to give them a chance to get on their feet? The reparations that never happened?
Economic parity is the start of reparations. I'll repeat that. It is the start of reparations.
Without it, the thievery of generations of AA labor will continue.
A white liberal politician can spout all the anti-racist rhetoric their advisors tell them toand the systemic racism will stay in place because the bedrock of systemic racism is that it protects the power elite. The economic elite.
White politicians have spouted anti-racist rhetoric for years and had token AA's in their cabinet. Has it ever touched systemic racism? No! Never. Never made any difference. Because it doesn't change the pocket book of the black family or elite family.
A focus on anti-racist rhetoric while leaving the economic system in place is just fine with the economic power elite. Bernie is hitting them where they hurt. That's the real start of changing our damn system.
You want a campaign that focuses on the same old tried and true rhetorical pablums that have allowed systemic racism to continue untouched. The power elite will be very happy with a liberal-word-spouting Hillary and her insider advisors.