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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:20 AM Original message |
Poverty Wages , "progressives", and racism |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
1. Thoughts. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. white allies to black people do not have to be perfect |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. It's hard to for me to see how whites on the lower end of the economic spectrum benefit from racism |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 12:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Good Dream |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:48 AM Response to Reply #3 |
9. The author of the piece would agree with you. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:39 AM Response to Reply #9 |
17. I agree with the critique much more than (what I know of) the book. |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:41 AM Response to Reply #3 |
15. Here's Two Ways Poor Whites Benefit From Racism |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:41 AM Response to Reply #15 |
18. None of us are statistics or quintiles.... |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #18 |
21. Well, The Fact Is |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #21 |
22. It's also different to be you than it is to be me. |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:12 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. It's Interesting How You Think Victimization Of Poor Whites Are Mutually Exclusive |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. I didn't say it was. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. Since when does racial equality get any more attention |
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wellst0nev0ter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. Once Again, You Are Arguing As If One Should Be Exclusive Of The Other |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:45 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. For what it's worth, plenty of socialists advocate frameworks that extend beyond class. |
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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
30. As a lower-end white I have no problem understanding how: |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. the point that I'm getting from this, and to me its a very important point, is to |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat May-24-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. case in point |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 02:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. I read the whole article but found it rife with gobbledygook. |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:18 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Having reread it now, I'd say the only goddledygook was in the book being critiqued. |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:29 AM Response to Reply #1 |
8. It's a straw man invented by the author |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 06:51 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Bingo ! |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:17 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I don't think it's a straw man at all. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 07:29 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. "Unity, then as today, must always be fought for, argued for, and organized." |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:15 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. Of course it's a straw man. No one says, or even suggests |
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El Pinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:37 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. Granted, Obama's message has not been centered on race... |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 10:54 AM Response to Reply #16 |
19. There's the simple fact of scarcity. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 08:37 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. Well said |
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Unvanguard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:21 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. The trouble with that kind of rhetoric is that it's mere lip service. |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:25 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Awareness |
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Breeze54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Well stated and about time. It is about class and geography, imho. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 05:20 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. "poor whites are pretty much excluded from the discussion " |
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maryf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-26-08 09:31 AM Response to Reply #26 |
34. Thanks! |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-27-08 02:52 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. Jim Wallis has a whole chapter in one of his books titled "Listen To Those Closest To The Problem" |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun May-25-08 09:55 PM Response to Original message |
32. delete |
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