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Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII
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A lot of ppl are responding to this saying, “But he was also a Rhodes Scholar & Harvard grad!”

I understand the impulse, this is obviously ungirded w/racism, but also...what if he *was* only a rapper? Why would that automatically make him unqualified?

The answer is, it doesn’t.
When ppl respond to the assertion that being a rapper makes someone unqualified to run for office with the defense “But they received a fancy fellowship & went to an Ivy League school!” it almost legitimizes the implication that being a rapper is itself something to be ashamed of
Going to Harvard doesn’t automatically mean you’re smart or ethical.

Being a rapper doesn’t automatically mean you’re not.

We’ve got to move beyond reductive notions that certain affiliations automatically mean something about a person’s intelligence or sense of morality.
Also, the content that made Delgado a “controversial rapper” was a critique of capitalism and racial injustice.

And he says some of the founding founders believed in white supremacy.

Soooo where is the lie?

nytimes.com/2018/07/17/us/…
Making sure that people are accurately characterized when they run for office is incredibly important. I have no problem ensuring people know about Delgado’s credentials.

We just have to make sure we’re not unintentionally reifying certain social hierarchies in the process.
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