I'm at an event with rich white men talking about their immigrant roots and billions they've made since. I see no one like me in attendance.
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Capitalism is a room of white men extolling the virtue of ventures built with black labor while black workers serve the food & sweep floors.
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Most of them likely voted for Trump. The dissonance between that and their history is masked by a shared ideology of white supremacy.
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There is no black person here my age who isn't serving food or sweeping the floor. I get good looks for being an 'exception.' Fuck that.
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Warren Buffett is speaking, I guess it's because he has the most money?pic.twitter.com/6wELB09KlF
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Now he's extolling the virtues of Thomas Jefferson. Crowd applause...
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Y'all, Diddy came and left in 2 minutes. No time for anyone. Same with Warren. Now Stevie Wonder is playing.pic.twitter.com/MU5vrwGMA2
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It's fascinating to see how rich black people navigate these hyper-capitalist spaces. Just enough to get in and get out.
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Sidenite: it would cost $175B to end poverty in America. If everyone in this room wanted to, they'd have resources to do so now. They don't.
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They don't give a fuck about us. And two people just asked me if I worked here as a server.
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Warren Buffet is playing with Stevie Wonder. Note: Warren single-handedly has the wealth to eliminate about half the poverty in the country.pic.twitter.com/2aVZhHefWz
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