Essential The Official ADOS Discussion Thread

[saturn7]

Antonio Moore article in usa today

When it comes to reparations, differences in black lineage matter
Blacks who are the descendants of slaves and black immigrants have divergent histories, levels of wealth
USA TODAY

What we are now witnessing with reparations has been 400 years in the making. And while some will say there have been attempts to trigger a reparations discussion, it is undeniable that the latest push has a significantly different feel and energy.

Arguably not since the Reconstruction era have we seen reparations being talked about so seriously and in such a high-profile way. From former presidential candidate Marianne Williamson, with whom I discussed how reparations should be structured, to Tom Steyer, a former candidate for president who has been highly supportive of the issue, these are undoubtedly unique and unprecedented times.

At the root of this development is the American Descendants of Slavery movement, or #ADOS, which I co-founded with Yvette Carnell. #ADOS is a political project built upon our respective YouTube shows — ToneTalks and BreakingBrown — and it arises out of our nation’s failure to contend with its original sin of slavery and the remnants that occurred through Jim Crow. Insofar as a discussion about that outstanding debt now burns in our political discourse, #ADOS helped light the match.

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When it comes to reparations, differences in black lineage matter

 

[saturn7]

I wish I could make this event.



The guest speakers and the location already makes me worried that ADOS won't be properly represented.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

I wish I could make this event.



The guest speakers and the location already makes me worried that ADOS won't be properly represented.

Looks like the event is near DC and at least 3 of them are ADOS. You still think #ADOS gonna get screwed?

 

[saturn7]

Looks like the event is near DC and at least 3 of them are ADOS. You still think #ADOS gonna get screwed?

I'm probably being paranoid. LOL

I'm not familiar with any of those guests pictured.

Black academics and media types mostly seem to be against ADOS and still cling to Pan-Africanism.

 

[saturn7]

 

[T'krm]

I think the trick there though. Is that they'll vote GOP after they've secured their residency/citizenship/voting rights from the Dems.

Then the issue may become hispanics identifying as white voting against reparations.

This is already happening. The 'Hispanic' block is of the least consistent, but every election the dems oddly make a bigger push.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

The few times that Pan-Africanism actually worked.

 

[Red Shield]

This is already happening. The 'Hispanic' block is of the least consistent, but every election the dems oddly make a bigger push.

Least consistent for now yeah, but you can already start to see them beginning to flex.


It's like dude said in the super tuesday thread. How they broke out for Bernie is concerning....

 

[UberEatsDriver]

The few times that Pan-Africanism actually worked.

Info that @Captain_Crunch doesnt want people to know about

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Info that @Captain_Crunch doesnt want people to know about

Don't do this, breh.

Plus he dapped my post before you posted.

 

[saturn7]

Sad to report that this event has been cancelled due to concerns about this Corona virus.

 

[GoAggieGo.]

Y’all be safe out here. They just cancelled my lil girl’s school and everything around here is shutting down

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Sad to report that this event has been cancelled due to concerns about this Corona virus.

Y’all be safe out here. They just cancelled my lil girl’s school and everything around here is shutting down

2020 and people still aren't using jabber, skype, or any type of teleconferencing?

Stay safe and brehs and brehettes (for real).

 

[Captain Crunch]

 

[Captain Crunch]

Spoiler

Bernie Bros warn of ‘massive exodus’ if Democrats nominate Joe Biden

The Bernie Bros are vowing revenge.

As the presidential campaign of Sen. Bernie Sanders continues to crash and burn, the socialist’s most hard-core supporters are vowing they will never vote for Joe Biden at the ballot box — even if that means handing Trump a second term.

“We will never – NEVER boost or support Joe Biden or defend his abysmal record and terrible policy positions,” Henry Williams, executive director of The Gravel Institute, told The Post. “We will tell people, as we always have, to vote their conscience and to make decisions based on the interests of all the world’s oppressed people … I do expect a massive exodus from the Democratic Party.”

Williams, along with David Oks and Henry Magowan, are the driving forces behind the brief presidential campaign of Mike Gravel, an 89-year-old former Alaska senator who left the race in August. The trio then became enthusiastic Bernie Bros.

“I don’t know if I could vote for Biden,” said a high-profile local Democratic Socialist. “Biden is just an old white guy who inspires nobody. I sincerely think he will lose the electoral and popular vote and I know I won’t be voting for him in New York.”

The grumbling from Sanders die-hards is no idle threat. A whopping 12% of them voted for Trump in 2016, according to an analysis by Cooperative Congressional Election Study. That added up to roughly 216,000 voters in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, exit polls showed. Trump’s combined margin of victory in those states was 77,744.

An untold number of additional Sanders fans almost certainly stayed home or voted third party in 2016 in an election plagued by low turnout on both sides. Green Party candidate Jill Stein earned more votes in each rust-belt battleground than the margin separating Trump from Hillary Clinton. One of those Jill Stein voters was Briahna Joy Gray — Sanders’ current campaign spokesperson.

Other Bernie Bros are attempting to split the difference, urging comrades to bolt from Biden in safe states, but hold their nose and pull the lever for him in the swings.
“I have seen a whole lot of people who live in Wisconsin or live in a state like Pennsylvania who feel very obligated to vote for whoever the [Democratic] nominee is because they’re just thinking it’s a zero sum game,” Sam Finkelstein, a law student at Seton Hall University and ferocious Twitter Bernie Bro told The Post.
An aide to Biden insisted that his strength with other demographics would more than offset renegade Bros, but told the Post they recognized the challenge and were prepared for outreach.
“It is going to be our job to bring the party together and reach out to everyone and create a united front,” the aide said.
After sweeping to victories in the early states, many believed Sanders was on a glide path to the Democratic nomination. The momentum was halted by Biden after a crushing victory in South Carolina and strong showings on Super Tuesday. Former establishment rivals like Amy Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg and Mike Bloomberg quickly consolidated around the former vice president. Now, far behind in the delegate math, it’s Sanders who finds his campaign on life-support.
Enlarge ImageBernie Sanders continues to fight in the Democratic Primaries despite key loses to Joe Biden.
Bernie Sanders continues to fight in the Democratic Primaries despite key loses to Joe Biden.AFP via Getty Images
Though party bosses have been agonizing over how to nudge the 78-year-old socialist out of the race, his cheerleaders say the senator should fight on — at least through Sunday’s debate and another round of voting Tuesday — and potentially even further. In 2016, Sanders soldiered into June and only endorsed Hillary Clinton in July, inhibiting her consolidation of the party.
“I think staying in the race is the responsible thing to do,” Bhaskar Sunkara, founder and editor of the socialist magazine Jacobin told The Post. “He needs to challenge Biden on certain aspects of his rhetoric. He needs to accumulate clout and delegates to shape the Democratic platform and pressure the Biden campaign into adopting a more popular economic platform.”
Sunkara says he too has no plans to vote for Biden.

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It's the Post, so take it with a grain of salt.