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In reply to the discussion: Salon: Democratic moderates fear the socialist left will wreck the party... [View all]heaven05
(18,124 posts)first and you probably know this already: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_socialism
second: one of bernies ideological mentors...https://duckduckgo.com/?q=eugene+debs+socialist&t=ffnt&ia=web
third: a personal note https://www.facebook.com/YDSABU/still there and in my day had a strong racist strain like those in the meeting did not like my colour, exactly as I found in the bernie organizing group here locally during the 2016 primary season in my town. Of course, I was, as usual, the only chocolate chip in a sea of white chocolate along with a couple of POC identifying with the majority members that had shown up. I cursed Bernie and his people from that day on and started researching his background. Not many people knew I flirted with this ideology. AOC is finally a winner and she is from BU socialist group, I guess. That's progress? Right. But then againI visited their group, 1970, and I was NOT readily accepted
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2018/04/11/black-political-power-means-zilch-n2469116
this article is typical of the democratic-socialist ideology that will not acknowledge or try to change anything about the systemic institutional racism that PREVENTS the AA, in any great threatening numbers, from "positioning themselves to take advantage of opportunities" that white people take advantage of and feel entitled too by the privilege of white skin coloring. And always have counselled AA on getting rid of the negative attitude, anger and resentment against a system of institutional and systemic racism ALWAYS being used against ALL AA only because of skin colour and the threat white people feel immediately upon seeing it. Democratic-socialist believe this most readily.
And today, 2018 the very same racism is at work. It is still true, even for a President Obama, that to achieve what is taken for granted by those who enjoy WHITE PRIVILEGE AND ENTITLEMENT. The struggles to take advantage of the benefits of this society as enjoyed by those mentioned in the article above, to be included into ameriKKKan society and who faced obstruction, if they chose to, had only to climb over a mound of dirt vs the two mountains an AA must overcome to get the same benefits enjoyed by those obstructed European people(s). It's always been easy for white people, even today, to say, "if only you black people would work harder, you can achieve what I have". Yeah tell that to someone who worked extremely hard climbing those three mountains only to find, after achieving, they are still hated for their colour, not their achievements or character.
Anyone remember FLOTUS Michelle Obama being called an ape-monkey? I will always remember the repthugliKKKan snake calling the President, out loud, a liar during his first SOU speech. Nothing like that heard in my lifetime against a white POTUS? Anyone remember repthugliKKKans leaking to MSM where Sasha and Malia were on vacation? With the two drunk and wild bush first-daughters, the media always had to dig for that type information.
White skin has always melted into the pot seamlessly with very little problem. They would finally overcome the prejudice, intra-racial and cultural. While the interracial racism practised by them and all white skinned ameriKKKans against the ex-slave, is not, to this day, addressed. Whitesplaining democratic-socialists who always point to the European who faced prejudice and overcame ALWAYS asks why can't you black people overcome? I ask you to answer that. Democratic-socialism likes the colour-blind approach, yet is very colour conscious in my experience. Have a good one.