Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC on white supremacy:
"White supremacy is a belief system based on the idea that people of color, especially Black people, are fundamentally illegitimate as equal citizens or human beings.
Calling into question the citizenship of elected officials of color, especially when the answer is obvious, is one way it manifests.
Whether it’s “where’s the birth certificate?” to “send her back!” to “where were her parents from?”
- these contrived claims (which are almost never levied at white US officials born abroad) catch on because the supremacist idea that people of color are inherently less legitimate has deep roots.
It’s not a coincidence that the GOP advanced tropes about non-citizenship to President Obama, Reps. Tlaib, Omar & Pressley, & now Sen. Kamala Harris; especially in moments of power.
Implying people of color “don’t belong” in our country is one way of protecting a white supremacist vision."
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