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With Susan Rice and Kamala Harris apparently becoming the finalists to become Joe Biden's VP and likely the 47th president, a clear and troubling pattern has emerged about how we select African-Americans for high office. Two key things, here:
1. America still clearly favors coffee-with-cream African Americans (See Obama, Rice, and Harris). Social justice experts have long understood that racist whites see lighter-skinned African-Americans as smarter and more competent.
2. Why not select an African-American that uses African-American vernacular English? Why do we always have to go with someone that uses dialects and syntax that are as white as possible?
Bottom Line: Not all African-Americans bear and equal burden of systemic racism.. There are complicating factors like colorism and diaclectism at work. All of us who care about diversity and inclusion in high office need to let the DNC know about this and tell them we want a more "characteristically black" running mate.
With Susan Rice and Kamala Harris apparently becoming the finalists to become Joe Biden's VP and likely the 47th president, a clear and troubling pattern has emerged about how we select African-Americans for high office. Two key things, here:
1. America still clearly favors coffee-with-cream African Americans (See Obama, Rice, and Harris). Social justice experts have long understood that racist whites see lighter-skinned African-Americans as smarter and more competent.
2. Why not select an African-American that uses African-American vernacular English? Why do we always have to go with someone that uses dialects and syntax that are as white as possible?
Bottom Line: Not all African-Americans bear and equal burden of systemic racism.. There are complicating factors like colorism and diaclectism at work. All of us who care about diversity and inclusion in high office need to let the DNC know about this and tell them we want a more "characteristically black" running mate.
"... I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. ..."
Oh, the irony ...
With Susan Rice and Kamala Harris apparently becoming the finalists to become Joe Biden's VP and likely the 47th president, a clear and troubling pattern has emerged about how we select African-Americans for high office. Two key things, here:
1. America still clearly favors coffee-with-cream African Americans (See Obama, Rice, and Harris). Social justice experts have long understood that racist whites see lighter-skinned African-Americans as smarter and more competent.
2. Why not select an African-American that uses African-American vernacular English? Why do we always have to go with someone that uses dialects and syntax that are as white as possible?
Bottom Line: Not all African-Americans bear and equal burden of systemic racism.. There are complicating factors like colorism and diaclectism at work. All of us who care about diversity and inclusion in high office need to let the DNC know about this and tell them we want a more "characteristically black" running mate.
With Susan Rice and Kamala Harris apparently becoming the finalists to become Joe Biden's VP and likely the 47th president, a clear and troubling pattern has emerged about how we select African-Americans for high office. Two key things, here:
1. America still clearly favors coffee-with-cream African Americans (See Obama, Rice, and Harris). Social justice experts have long understood that racist whites see lighter-skinned African-Americans as smarter and more competent.
2. Why not select an African-American that uses African-American vernacular English? Why do we always have to go with someone that uses dialects and syntax that are as white as possible?
Bottom Line: Not all African-Americans bear and equal burden of systemic racism.. There are complicating factors like colorism and diaclectism at work. All of us who care about diversity and inclusion in high office need to let the DNC know about this and tell them we want a more "characteristically black" running mate.
With Susan Rice and Kamala Harris apparently becoming the finalists to become Joe Biden's VP and likely the 47th president, a clear and troubling pattern has emerged about how we select African-Americans for high office. Two key things, here:
1. America still clearly favors coffee-with-cream African Americans (See Obama, Rice, and Harris). Social justice experts have long understood that racist whites see lighter-skinned African-Americans as smarter and more competent.
2. Why not select an African-American that uses African-American vernacular English? Why do we always have to go with someone that uses dialects and syntax that are as white as possible?
Bottom Line: Not all African-Americans bear and equal burden of systemic racism.. There are complicating factors like colorism and diaclectism at work. All of us who care about diversity and inclusion in high office need to let the DNC know about this and tell them we want a more "characteristically black" running mate.
I'd suggest that's a world-wide issue rather than an American-specific one. It's certainly true on the Indian sub-continent and I suspect in Africa too (though in both cases, other tribalism probably confuses the picture).1. America still clearly favors coffee-with-cream African Americans (See Obama, Rice, and Harris). Social justice experts have long understood that racist whites see lighter-skinned African-Americans as smarter and more competent.
Language has no colour. They don't select white people with strong vernacular, dialects or accents either, and I'm sure many people trying to get in to major politics will make efforts to "neutralise" any accent or dialect they have.2. Why not select an African-American that uses African-American vernacular English? Why do we always have to go with someone that uses dialects and syntax that are as white as possible?
You're right.
Biden needs to select THIS woman as his running mate.
Yes, she would definitely suit your narrative. Know you just can’t stand those uperity negroes. Those were the negroes your grandpappy used to lynch
Racial slurs ... tsk, tsk.
Racial slurs ... tsk, tsk.
Why so desperate to pander to what 12% of the population? Why not a hot Latina chick?
With Susan Rice and Kamala Harris apparently becoming the finalists to become Joe Biden's VP and likely the 47th president, a clear and troubling pattern has emerged about how we select African-Americans for high office. Two key things, here:
1. America still clearly favors coffee-with-cream African Americans (See Obama, Rice, and Harris). Social justice experts have long understood that racist whites see lighter-skinned African-Americans as smarter and more competent.
2. Why not select an African-American that uses African-American vernacular English? Why do we always have to go with someone that uses dialects and syntax that are as white as possible?
Bottom Line: Not all African-Americans bear and equal burden of systemic racism.. There are complicating factors like colorism and diaclectism at work. All of us who care about diversity and inclusion in high office need to let the DNC know about this and tell them we want a more "characteristically black" running mate.
Same goes in Mexico for instance. Darker, means less social standing.
Do you know the definition of racial slurs
On a serious note, the future of the United States -- according to demographers -- belongs to Hispanic Americans.
Sooner or later, most public officials WILL be of Hispanic ancestry.
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