The #1 issue black people aren’t asking 2020 candidates about. and probably won’t either.D.O.T.W. #4
To expect any real 2020 candidates to support reparations is naive on two fronts.
One, to think that Bernie Sanders truly identifies with the black struggle because he marched during the ’60s is wishful thinking. What about all the marches 60 years since then?.
Second, it assumes that white liberals who support Sanders aren’t capable of racism themselves. When have you ever seen white liberals push reparations for black people? Ask yourself will liberals rather erase college debt or fight for black people reparations?
I understand that the reparation question is used as a measuring stick for how a candidate truly identifies with the black experience. However
Furthermore, Lack of a generational wealth mindset has allowed gentrification to destroy our neighborhoods. Gentrification is arguably the biggest issue, but in this case, it can be fought on a local level. There is an issue however that will affect all races, the economy, education and more
Should we enforce accountability for activist?
Issues should have a hierarchy based on relevancy, the frequency of damage and the probability of being able to solve them, not social media clicks. Asking every candidate their view on reparations will not make reparations a reality.
At its best, it will be used as a quick sound bite for a viral video. At it’s worse it’s used as confirmation bias that all candidates don’t understand or have the courage to fight it politically. Which may explain why after 50 years of MLK’s death only 1 in 10 African Americans feel that the civil rights goals have been met.
- Police injustice was an issue then, its an issue now
- Red lining is still an issue
- Still stereotyped as entertainers and athletes
- School system is still broken
As a result of fighting for injustice in America for over four centuries and not much changing. We must consider the possibility that We’re blind to certain issues. Issues that weren’t affecting us hundreds of years ago because they didn’t exist.
Hundreds of years ago A.I.wasn’t able to assist the work of slaves in the field. However, today automation is scheduled to largely affect the production, transportation and the food industry the most.
This represents roughly 36 million workers making up 25% of the workforce.
Automation will affect everyone regardless of race, gender, or class, which can lead one to believe it’s not a race issue. Not surprisingly the most affected demographic of automation will be Hispanic and black men respectively, ages 16-24. This includes less educated groups as well.
The very fact that the issue of automation isn’t discussed more in black circles is proof of the lack of black industries in our country. Asian nail shops have corned the market in black communities, despite viral videos of racist customer service.
Middle easterners control the gas stations which are selling food now. The only thing left is barber shops and local food restaurants. Will black owners consider automation if it saves them money?
There are only a handful of industries that a large portion of the black population occupy . Yet there all the most vulnerable to automation ,more than 60%. Automation is already here, its going to affect the black population the hardest but there is no discussion about it. It’s time 2020 candidates embrace new issues and advocate to solve them even at the expense of appearing less “black” or “woke”.
What even worse is that automation will make racial disparities even worse. Look no further than the midwest rust belt. Democratic ran cities like Detroit, Cleveland, and St. Louis lost millions of Manufacturing jobs. As a result, crime and murder reach record levels for decades.
Furthermore, these cities suffered from the housing crisis as well. Many cities have yet to recover from this economically and crime wise. Taken all this into consideration it’s even more imperative that we focus on automation. Could the black community handle at least half a million job losses nationwide give the vulnerable state we’re already in?