David Brooks wonders if a white person has standing. In the country where black people were three-fifths of a person.pic.twitter.com/P52iamuZAT
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David Brooks wonders if a white person has standing. In the country where black people were three-fifths of a person.pic.twitter.com/P52iamuZAT
"Standing," as David Brooks knows, is a legal term also known as locus standi. I know little about law, but standing is a big part of it.
That David Brooks is wondering whether whites have locus standi suggests he thinks whites have been harmed by black people. Unbelievable.
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