AOC: AOC: Nation Can Only Heal Once 'Oppressed' Southern States Are 'Liberated'

Brittany Bernstein
Wed, January 13, 2021, 7:58 AM CST

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) on Tuesday night suggested that the United States can only heal once “oppressed” states in the south are “liberated.”

The Squad member’s comments came during an Instagram live stream to her 8.3 million followers about the Capitol Hill riots and the effort to impeach President Trump.

During the stream, she said that Democrats’ U.S. Senate wins in Georgia were a result of “multi-racial” and “multi-cultural” grassroots organization and a sign that “southern states are not red states, they are suppressed states.”

“Which means the only way that our country’s going to heal is through the actual liberation of southern states,” she said. “The actual liberation of the poor, the actual liberation of working people from economic, social, and racial oppression. That’s the only way.”

https://news.yahoo.com/aoc-nation-only-heal-once-135815248.html?guccounter=1

The interrupted work of Reconstruction must be finished, now that we have a mandate. That means empowering Black and other POC communities, a swell as dismantling the machinery of white supremacy in all its forms.

The following is by no means an inclusive list

1. Redistricting so to maximize Black voting power.

2. Federal takeover of local law enforcement where necessary.

3. Equity in education, including radically changing the tax structure so that wealthy white districts don't flourish at the expense of marginalized Black districts. Federal takeover of district and even state education departments if this can't be accomplished any other way.

4. Meaningful gun control laws to reduce the fear of hate crimes against Black communities.

5. Swift, harsh justice against any and all hate crimes, and expansion of the definition of such.

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22 replies	Author	Time	Post
AOC: AOC: Nation Can Only Heal Once 'Oppressed' Southern States Are 'Liberated' (Original post)	Ex Lurker	Wednesday	OP
A Black and a Jew will represent Georgia in the US Senate.	Dawson Leery	Wednesday	#1
Lol, reminds me of 2016 and Sanders' followers' earnest lectures to AA about	Hortensis	Wednesday	#2
Life long Texan here	Shell_Seas	Wednesday	#4
+1	Celerity	Wednesday	#7
Shell, are you sure this, perhaps inadvertent, disrespect is	Hortensis	Wednesday	#8
Black people know how racist the south is.	Shell_Seas	Wednesday	#10
At very least, if there can be an impact made on	Bettie	Wednesday	#12
Absolutely. And a million other things.	Shell_Seas	Wednesday	#13
Yep, but a good first step is getting to a point where	Bettie	Wednesday	#15
Yess!!	Shell_Seas	Wednesday	#3
agree nt	Celerity	Wednesday	#5
Agree	Irish_Dem	Wednesday	#6
Yes I made this same point to someone at work yesterday	lunasun	Wednesday	#9
Somebody from New York City	BGBD	Wednesday	#11
United WE Stand	MagickMuffin	Wednesday	#14
And tell me	BGBD	Wednesday	#16
They have had power and look what they have done to our education system	MagickMuffin	Wednesday	#17
You say we're making good gains in the South	Mariana	Wednesday	#19
Yeah	BGBD	Wednesday	#20
Has AOC made fun of Southern or Appalachian people?	Mariana	Wednesday	#21
AOC has a clear grip on the issue. They burnt a cross outside of town just a couple of years ago.	marble falls	Wednesday	#18
"Not red, but suppressed". K&R.	ck4829	Thursday	#22