I know the NYT thinks they're being profoundly enlightened by doing this, but what they're really doing is being profoundly reductive, and promoting a condescending caricature to flatter their own misplaced sense of moral superiority
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Agreed. People should speak only for themselves.
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Or any group really "what young people want" etc doesn't work
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You mean the
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Black Americans have never experienced the feeling of being treated as individuals, thus white America feels hearing one of us is all they need to know. It’s how marginalized communities are treated globally and it’s no different in the US.
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And they often self appoint themselves as 'anointed' individuals of these groups too.
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Blacks vote democratic ~98% of the time. It's probably not unreasonable to say that this lady represents black voters.
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I read it to see if there was going to be a Bernie diss. Thankfully that wasn’t there.
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Progressives have been doing this weird thing lately of seeing races as monolithic in their thinking and interests. Which makes them conclude black, Mexican etc. Trump supporters “hate themselves” or their race, I’ve heard multiple progressive friends say something like this
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Also the reason why affirmative action (identity politics) is a false notion
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There's a word for that.
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They tried that I'm 2016, didn't worked
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I know one thing: Joy Reid and Zerlina DO NOT SPEAK FOR ME
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#ADoS (American descendants of slavery) are the most loyal voting block but never receive anything tangible for our votes.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Isn't she half Hispanic as well? Are we going to get the same piece, but for Hispanics, next? She can speak for both!
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Exactly!!
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Dear Candidates: All Black People Are The Same. Also: Don’t Be Racist
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In their defense, black people do vote as a monolith
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