Coretta Scott King was against illegal immigration because she saw it hurt black labor

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I disagree...yes there are all sorts of obstacles that will have to be overcome, but the fact that this conversation is even being had in public in the first place gives me a lot of hope.

Tons of cracks in the foundations of both major political parties...the ongoing crisis of legitimacy that legacy Democrats and Republicans are struggling with is a huge opportunity for us.

nah, as much as I support the movement, it's still a reactionary one

remember when cornel west and tavis were going at Obama for putting the LGBT and latino communities before us and caught hell? :francis:

they foresaw all of this..the ADOS movement should have started around 2015 or so
 

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This was in fukking July 2015...then he switched up to run for president

Bernie doesn't have the skill or isn't plain anti-racist enough to articulate the race/class dynamic that hinders the type of fundamental social change he says he wants.

It requires that he call out the racism of white liberals and the white working class which he won't do because he either doesn't see it, or he's scared to lose votes. White liberals want to bestow their benevolent racism on Latino immigrants for their cheap labor under the guise they are providing a better life for them. They also foolishly believe this means they will have the Latino vote in the bag. It doesn't. Latinos don't move like Black Americans, and by move, I mean see race and racial politics in the same way.

If Bernie tells the white working class to give up their outward racism and white liberals to give up their benevolent racism, he's pretty much done. That kind of honesty means white America has to come to terms with Black America and that's something white people don't want to do.
 

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nah, as much as I support the movement, it's still a reactionary one

remember when cornel west and tavis were going at Obama for putting the LGBT and latino communities before us and caught hell? :francis:

they foresaw what a lot of us saw...the ADOS movement should have started around 2015 or so
You're not wrong...and even 2015 was late if we're talking a truly proactive movement.

The first signs were evident post-Reagan amnesty. That was 1986. There were a few who saw what was coming (Coretta Scott King being one of them :salute:), but the crack epidemic and its fallout consumed all of our political energy at that time.

Either way though, better late than never.
 

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nah, as much as I support the movement, it's still a reactionary one

remember when cornel west and tavis were going at Obama for putting the LGBT and latino communities before us and caught hell? :francis:

they foresaw all of this..the ADOS movement should have started around 2015 or so
Obama caught a lot of shyt for basically being the only person WHILE still having a job to do.

There was no way he was gonna make everyone happy. I mean the dude damn near cried about Trayvon Martin on live television and yet you had people questioning his blackness.

We treated Obama like our homie that finally got a good job but kept harassing him for the hook up until he got fired :francis:

The real problem is the congressional black caucus wasting black political clout on collectivist movements while forgetting what got them in power.

This is why I remind people that in the 90s and early 2000s, black politicians DID NOT support illegal immigration

Democrats Used To Talk About 'Criminal Immigrants,' So What Changed The Party?

Polls Don’t Capture Blacks’ Intense Debate Over Immigration – IMDiversity
 
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Bernie doesn't have the skill or isn't plain anti-racist enough to articulate the race/class dynamic that hinders the type of fundamental social change he says he wants.

It requires that he call out the racism of white liberals and the white working class which he won't do because he either doesn't see it, or he's scared to lose votes. White liberals want to bestow their benevolent racism on Latino immigrants for their cheap labor under the guise they are providing a better life for them. They also foolishly believe this means they will have the Latino vote in the bag. It doesn't. Latinos don't move like Black Americans, and by move, I mean see race and racial politics in the same way.

If Bernie tells the white working class to give up their outward racism and white liberals to give up their benevolent racism, he's pretty much done. That kind of honesty means white America has to come to terms with Black America and that's something white people don't want to do.
Bernie knows his political survival and its why black leftists low-key keep him at arms length. We see and hear the jux when we see it for the most part.

Plus, black labor has just finally tried to find its footing, now we gotta talk about "togetherness" and taking money away from the sliver of black economic solidarity we barely even have.

Black people would be socialists, but even in the 30s, socialists shytted on black people when it came time to show and prove.
 

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