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Stop looking forward to the “browning of America” as some kind of savior era bc 1) “Brown” people internalize white supremacy and express anti-Black bias routinely & 2) “Brown” people who emigrated here, as evidenced by Coates’ Obama interview, may feel #ADOS r not owed a debt 
The way we flatten “brownness” is odd and, I believe, an intentional way of manipulating #ADOS politics. There is no solidarity around “brownness” anywhere. Groups are often tribal, or they form solidarity ideologically, etc, but a browner America won’t save us #LineageMatters 🇺🇸
In America, nearly all wealth is held in white homes, but globally, this shifts. There are “brown” multimillionaires and billionaires. And they’re no less ruthless than their white counterparts. Being “brown” doesn’t infuse a person with virtue. #ADOD #LineageMatters 🇺🇸
There is no automatic, inherent solidarity with another “brown” person by virtue of melanin. Tech discriminates against #ADOS. Tech also has a disproportionate number of ”Brown” CEOs and C-Suite execs. There is no sameness. Our line traces to American slavery/ caste
This is part of the reason why #LineageMatters is so important. It serves as a sort of baseline for addressing a person’s contextual anchoring. That doesn’t mean we can’t be allies, or define terms for political solidarity, but We. Are. Not. The. Same. #ADOS 🇺🇸
That’s why lineage matters so much more than brownness. Once #ADOS understand that, then we stop seeing all brown people as us. We see ourselves clearly, not thru a physical characteristic, but thru struggles endured, and our contribution to America 🇺🇸#Reparations2020
For those who persist in the idea that brownness bespeaks solidarity, I have nothing to say but good luck and Godspeed. #ADOS
