many socialists are racist. so are many leftists, many progressives, many democrats, and many republicans.
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folks gotta own that. but like i tell my grad students, racist is the baseline. this is modernity. let's go deeper than that to be useful
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class does or does not matter is like fighting over whether carbs are good or bad. which "class" you talking about?
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you mean class consciousness? or economic class? using what measure and for what ends? social class? what we talking?
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Almost no black social scientists or policy folks I know of believe that ECONOMIC class will necessarily move the needle on social class
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I spent the last week teaching the idea of reparations to my undergrads. They were almost physically repulsed by idea, black students incl.
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They couldn't seem to get beyond 1) idea that money isn't enough and that 2) black people would just "waste" it. Focus on one for now:
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@tressiemcphd damn. white and black students alike on 2?
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