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In reply to the discussion: 9 Ways FDR's 'New Deal' Purposely Excluded Blacks [View all]Squinch
(50,949 posts)progressive programs that you want, while AT THE SAME TIME making sure that those progressive programs are fairly constructed to include all segments of society?
Why is it so difficult to understand that throughout history, progressive policies have excluded people of color and women, that even the greatest progressive movements like the New Deal, had no benefit to those segments of society? Why is it difficult to understand that, given that unbroken history of exclusion, women and people of color correctly require explicit language and policies that include them if they are to support such progressive policies?
And why is it so difficult to say that, yes, we will pursue economic justice WHILE AT THE SAME TIME pursuing social justice because the two are not the same?
Why is this so difficult to do? What do you lose by acknowledging these things?