Should economic justice policies include language including women, POC, and LGBTQ people?

[Ken Burch]

Last edited Wed Jul 6, 2016, 10:02 PM - Edit history (1)

It has been suggested that, unless language specifically making it clear that women, POC and LGBTQ people is included in proposals meant to create an economically just society, people in those groups will be left out of any benefits provided by those proposals.

Here is the way one poster expressed her fears about this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7979907

What do you think?

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In particular, it would be helpful to see examples of how "inclusive language" might be worded in specific cases.

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[tonyt53]

1. My preferred choice was not provided. How about simple equal opportunity for all.

Oh, I supported Hillary in the primaries and will do so in the fall. Hell, poor straight white males are at the bottom of the food chain too.

[Ken Burch]

2. I think I ran out of space for polling options. Sorry.

Thanks for your response.

[pipoman]

3. This place is odder and odder by the minute....

Discrimination of any kind is a problem....this idea that discrimination is fought with discrimination is just more of the same.

[mythology]

4. I would say yes, but with an addition

I think that economic justice needs to be connected to more social justice. Black guys driving a BMW get pulled over too is perhaps a simple way to put it. I think that to an extent growth in economic justice is necessary to create the space to then create social justice, which in turn creates the opportunity for more full economic justice.

To hopefully better explain that, the Civil Rights movement and the sacrifices it required were helped by the growth of economic powers of blacks due to WWII creating more jobs which gave blacks the economic strength needed to tide over people who couldn't work or paying legal fees, etc that was necessary to sustain the movement. But as indicated by Dr. King leading the civil rights movement toward a more economic focus in the time leading up to his assassination, it's not enough to just get people the right to vote, or to sit at a lunch counter. Unfortunately after Dr King was assassinated the movement didn't have enough of a charismatic leader to sustain it.

[Ken Burch]

5. Thank you for that post. n/t.

[aikoaiko]

6. Yes, economic justice must address how it will close the gap between POC/women and white men.

A year ago, I didn't really appreciate how important that is to POC and women.