What's "extreme" is for Ruy to ignore all the evidence and *not” ascribe racial disparities to racism.
It is also “dubious empirically” to suggest what he calls “class-based affirmative action” can eliminate racial disparities even as they persist when we control for class. 1/4
It is also “dubious empirically” to suggest what he calls “class-based affirmative action” can eliminate racial disparities even as they persist when we control for class. 1/4
https://twitter.com/tripgabriel/status/1448384472529915906
Ruy offered this tired and simplistic dichotomy whereby “the left” can only support “universalism” *or* antiracism policies, and the left has “abandoned” the former for the latter. It seems lost on Ruy that we can and should support both universalism and antiracist policies. 2/4
It seems lost on Ruy that many, if not most of the people he’s positions as “the left” support both. But unfortunately, Ruy’s seems to be politically focused on what will attract or alienate the older White swing voter worried about childcare. 3/4
He seems politically disinterested in *also* focusing on what will attract or alienate the younger Black voter worried about childcare and racism. It doesn’t have to be either or; it can be both. But with these types “strategists,” no wonder Democrats lose elections. 4/4
Correction(3/4): Ruy's should by Ruy
Correction(2/4): "antiracism policies" should be "antiracist policies." Writing too fast!
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