"White supremacy can't be the real problem because fighting white supremacy doesn't win elections." Huh?
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This is equivalent to saying "what good is reality if it doesn't win you elections"? Ummmm... because it's reality?
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And I get that all encapsulations of reality in language/signs/understanding is necessarily perceptual and incomplete but increasing our focus on white supremacy---given the fact that we live in a white supremacist culture---is likely to get us closer to truth than not.
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it is true and in the direction of truth, if not true and in the direction of use.
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What we really ought to be thinking about is: given the unrefuted truth of the critique of white supremacy, how can we move towards justice within electoral politics.
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and of course the very obvious solution emerges: register more nonwhite voters, give them the tools to increase their civic engagement. Help communities and people of color build power, politically and elsewhere.
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