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"Part of left's problem is it expects/demands blacks/hispanics to vote on ethnic basis but is appalled when whites do" (https://twitter.com/JYDenham/status/7963
by TMWNN 6y ago
"Part of left's problem is it expects/demands blacks/hispanics to vote on ethnic basis but is appalled when whites do" (https://twitter.com/JYDenham/status/796345533124186113 https://twitter.com/JYDenham/status/796345533124186113)
- alphabettsy 6y agoThis only makes sense if you remove historical and present context. “White” people voting in their interests has often resulted in oppression of non-white people. It’s really not interchangeable since one group is hoping to end oppression and the other is maintaining the status quo.
- AnthonyMouse 6y agoThat's just assuming the conclusion. If you stipulate that one group of people are voting to perpetuate oppression and another are voting to end it then you know who the good guys and bad guys are, but that's not how the people voting the way you don't want them to would characterize the situation.
- CrackerNews 6y agoThat's more to do with identity politics than the broader left, which includes class reductionists that view political struggles on a class basis as opposed to the racial/ethnic one of identity politics.