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My answer is never. I do not think it is really possible to be woke to the myriad ways systemic racism affects people of color. I STARTED LISTENING when I asked my best friend to explain some rude Black guys' behavior to me and she said: "How should I know?"
And why should I think a Black woman from an upper-class Jersey suburb could explain some Black youth from a poor neighborhood? I realized I was thinking her skin color made her the Explainer of Blackness and that was racist. Which meant I was racist. So, I started listening
I started reading. I started getting to know more than my one Black friend. I started working at POC-led organizations and having Black bosses. I started trying to do better. And I still think I am not woke. I am listening.
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I always enjoyed the fact that much of Republican political giving goes to enrich con artists who grift off their hate, outrage, & racism. Since Richard Viguerie made millions, scam fundraising has been the usual practice on the right. With Viguerie, 10 to 15% went to candidates
Once Viguerie billed an organization 889K and raised 802K, but they got the word out, didn't they? "The Long Con" gives you an idea of the scope and longevity of conmen grifting off the rightwing.
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I want a multiverse where Trump sells Herb-a-Life
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We cannot pass a law that ends racism or sexism. Nonetheless, we can and must take these intractable problems and break down how they function systemically. That will allow us to find issues we can address that will remediate the damage and end their power to poison society
I think the best way to do this is not to pass some "Racism Is Bad" bill. You cannot legislate how people think, but you can legislate how they act. So take health care. There are tremendous disparities in health care practice that inflict deadly damage on people of color.
A searchable database of hospitals, clinics, and doctors with health outcomes by race.
There can be standardized treatment protocols that redress racial disparities.
minorityhealth.hhs.gov/Default.aspx
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I am not opposed to free public university and debt-free college education, but let's be honest, prioritizing it over universal pre-K and equitable K-12 public education will exacerbate inequality and the people proposing it know it.
But what is making racial disparities worse if it means you get a few more college-age votes? So, some candidates prioritize vote-getting in choosing which policies to promote.
Addressing inequality and systemic racism requires more foundational efforts such as ensuring schools with mostly Black & Latino schools are as well-funded as schools that are majority white so that students of color can compete for college admission on a more even playing field
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