So far, the RNC vision is the sacrifice of Black America's dream of safety and calls for justice to the preservation of the feeling of safety in the suburbs
This is battle for who gets to be part of the American Dream #MorningJoe
This is battle for who gets to be part of the American Dream #MorningJoe
In the RNC vision, suburban safety is natural while urban disquiet, literally made-up of groups of people asking for support for their own safety, is something to suppress, arrest, and punish.
The erasure of police violence and the insistence that policing is always heroic
The erasure of police violence and the insistence that policing is always heroic
And this is the rotten heart at the core of notions like "All Lives Matter" and "colorblind meritocracy," they both leave untouched the STRUCTURES that ensure INEQUALITY and RACISM persist.
Policing, for instance, plays and played a long-role in enforcing segregation
Policing, for instance, plays and played a long-role in enforcing segregation
We forget how much WE have invested in these systems, often systems of oppression, or how they benefit us as white people directly.
It is much easier to embrace nostalgia for a time when everything was normal and nothing challenged the idea that everything we have was/is earned
It is much easier to embrace nostalgia for a time when everything was normal and nothing challenged the idea that everything we have was/is earned
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