Wow, I was not paying enough attention to Bernie's "I'm white" comment. It is worse than I thought.
"And I’m white as well! … Here is the issue. The issue is where power resides in America, and it’s not white or black or male or female."
"And I’m white as well! … Here is the issue. The issue is where power resides in America, and it’s not white or black or male or female."
He continues, "We are living in a nation increasingly becoming an oligarchy, where you have a handful of billionaires who spend hundreds of millions of dollars buying elections and politicians."
The oligarchy was built by racism, dude
The oligarchy was built by racism, dude
I am so tired of the class reductionists who pretend racism and sexism play little or no role in the class structure.
