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People keep pussyfooting around this. Let me be clear. Samantha Bee is the archetypal "All Bernie Bros are sexist racists" caricature (except that she actually exists and has a national platform, unlike the racist-sexist Bernie Bros she railed against) but while she was working to put the "bully" in Bully pulpit, she was also actively opposing school integration in her children's district. "Identity politics" are fine and good. All politics is local, so it makes sense to appeal to local constituencies. "The solution to all of our economics woes are more sexual, gender and ethnic minority CEOs" is not. The latter is what Neoliberals were (and are) pushing. Bill Clinton ran on "It's the economy, stupid." Reducing economic concerns to a matter of facile talking points doesn't appeal to anyone. Social justice is a necessary part of economic justice (and it has been historically undervalued). But you can't have social justice without economic justice. "Black Marxism" is an important canonical text because we need to incorporate racial justice into Marxism. On the other hand, Pentagonized racial justice is utterly hollow.
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Ytlaya posted:Eh, to be fair more diverse corporate executives is still an improvement over the status quo. I mean, obviously there are many other things that would be much better, but it's still a good thing. It's a great thing! But it's not "top ten" list material, much less "the defining element of my plan for economic justice".
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Schizotek posted:Good thing it wasn't! Yes, Hillary "These are my principles and if you don't like them, well, I have others" Clinton had a well developed and presented economic plan.
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The courts are wonderfully consistent: white people, rich people and police officers get off Scott free.
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  Being a black male is illegal in the United States. "Extrajudicial" killings of African Americans is part of this policy.
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I'd like to point out that the IWW's biggest* success recently is getting loving tip jars at a restaurant chain. Tips, not higher wages, is what the IWW can offer you! Direct action gets the tips! Your boss doesn't need you, you need tips! Look for the Union Label on the tip jar! The secret of tips is organization! *The one they talk about the most, there could be some other better one that is more obscure
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FuzzySkinner posted:We still have one in my neck of the woods called "Louisville, Ohio". I've bolded the unacceptable hate-speech. We should strive to be "person" forward, so it would be "they hurled racial slurs at our African American player with kyphosis".
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Business Gorillas posted:consider striving your "person" to stop posting I believe that owning people is wrong. I think considering people in unwilling bondage to be "scare quotes" "people" is deeply troubling. Dehumanization is how slavery begins.
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