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In reply to the discussion: Hmm, The Northam thing might be like Franken after all. Original story by former Brietbarter [View all]WhiskeyGrinder
(22,328 posts)the communities affected to let them know I have those incidents in my past. Ideally, I would have been involved in bridge-building and involvement in those communities already, so I could work with people I already knew rather than springing these issues on people I didn't know. I would assemble a top-notch crisis communication team and provide a list of these incidents as part of my exploratory campaign, and map out a strategy of what to do with those issues. And once we announced and started working for party and union endorsements, I would want to be as transparent as possible about those incidents.
And so on. It's a lot of work! Unlearning white supremacy, undoing damage and earning trust is all hard work. It's not surprising that white people who run for office overlook it and think that good intentions will do the work for them.