(Also note that this is NOT the only explanation for Trump. Another cause is our centuries-long inability to reckon with difference.)
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(In other words, our centuries long battle with racism in particular, which we are at present losing...
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And that messaging ALSO must be deployed---along with REAL solutions to deal with bigotry---in order to motivate our base to vote.
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Bc Dems don't offer any real or believable solutions for oppressed ppl's problems and then get mad when we don't vote. Tuh.)
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My solutions for that, btw, are to create federal funding for community boards in underserved communities.
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I.e., empower communities by giving them elected boards that control some money and letting THEM decide what to do with that money.
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And then what we really need is a total overhaul of the criminal justice system dedicated to providing black and brown folks...
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with a trustworthy justice system, which black folks in particular have not had at any point in America history.
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But in the immediate term, tying federal funding to deescalation and lowering-community-harm standards for local PDs.
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Like a "Race to the Top"/"No Child Left Behind" type thing, but for police departments rather than schools.
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And focused on community harm reduciton rather than pure CompStat crime data.
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