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As usual, the most reliable correlate is completely ignored: poverty. That is not a mistake. The ruling class wants race war to distract from their class war.
by samdamsamm 6y ago
As usual, the most reliable correlate is completely ignored: poverty. That is not a mistake.
The ruling class wants race war to distract from their class war.
https://nonsite.org/editorial/how-racial-disparity-does-not-help-make-sense-of-patterns-of-police-violence https://nonsite.org/editorial/how-racial-disparity-does-not-...
- danielscrubs 6y agoAnd to make it worse, it takes focus off solutions that would work and increases the racism by making identity politics a good thing. If you made $180,000 a day since the birth of christ, Jeff Bezos would still have more money than you and that guys children is going to inherit it because of the system. Having your kids not working a day in their life with inheritance money might be ok but grandkids?
- koheripbal 6y agoSocial media isn't about sharing or exposing truth - it is about the contagion of emotions.
- threatofrain 6y agoRacial injustice is a smell people can either deal with or not but it’s all over the air. What does Black 2030 smell like? Optimistic? When will being black in America no longer “correlate” with poverty and pessimism? If Americans want to focus on poverty and move past matters of racial cruelty, ought they not deal with the odor in the air? What does Black 2030 mean in America?
- softawre 6y agoOf course we don't want to deal with poverty. We just want it as a scapegoat.