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THIS comment by white Democrat @RepCartwright PISSES ME OFF. He said this in a @washingtonpost story on @KamalaHarris & @amyklobuchar getting a close look from @JoeBiden for VP: "“I think identity politics only gets you so far. What people really want to know is 1/4
are we going to have an effective team in the White House.” So by reading this, @RepCartwright chalks up the talk of a Black or Latina as @JoeBiden's VP as being "identity politics" yet @amyklobuchar is being talked up because she can appeal to white voters in the Midwest. 2/4
What @RepCartwright and other white folks need to get through their heads is that their use of "identity politics" isn't just about Black and brown. That phrase also includes white voters. Yet they love to use it as a negative against us. Is a woman VP "identity politics"? 3/4
The reality is that white people in America see themselves as the majority and everyone else as "other." Folks like @RepCartwright can't seem to grasp how white identity politics has been at the forefront of America since its inception. But I guess only we learned that. 4/4
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