It’s not just about getting enough Democrats to vote for reparations. We’ve had Democratic majorities & reparations was never a priority.
Our job is to PUSH Democrats to prioritize our issues. If not, we could get a filibuster proof Democratic majority in the U.S. Senate, a majority in the House, and a Democrat in the White House & still never get a reparations bill to the floor, let alone passed.
Obama was a Democrat & the first Black president. He opposed reparations. He would’ve still opposed reparations regardless of how large of a majority he had in Congress.
Politics 101 is understanding that we need a more radical Democratic Party if we’re ever going to get more radical Democratic policies.
Just electing more Democrats & hoping for the best won’t get us there. The current iteration of the Democratic Party won’t get us there.
Roland Martin won’t get us there. These are accommodationist people who only produce accommodationist outcomes.
And it’s right to point out that a generational shift may be what’s necessary to transform the Democratic Party.
Roland Martin once called reparations a pipe dream. He’s emblematic of everything that’s wrong with the Democratic Party.
Betrayal to whom? The Hispanic community?
Some of you don't get it and refuse to get "it."
Most (not all) hispanics immigrate to assimilate into Whiteness. Forget, the so-called "Black and Brown" coalition. They don't even have solidarity as a group.
Y’all favorite Kenyan American president told you a long time ago.
Stop your b*tching and make way for the immigrants.
And y’all loved him for it.
Now take your medicine. 💊
#BlackHistoryMonth
@almeksikiya Hispanics were protesting to keep segregation intact in the 60s. They fought to be classified as white and only abandoned the notion once Black Americans won our civil rights so they could siphon our benefits.
Did you know Jekyll Island is where they brought over and enslaved our ancestors after it was illegal, and also where a small group of bankers secretly met to craft the Federal Reserve?
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