dagblog - Comments for "Economist Susan Collins becomes first Black woman to head a Reserve Bank" http://dagblog.com/link/economist-susan-collins-becomes-first-black-woman-head-reserve-bank-35110 Comments for "Economist Susan Collins becomes first Black woman to head a Reserve Bank" en we pause now for this http://dagblog.com/comment/313898#comment-313898 <a id="comment-313898"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/economist-susan-collins-becomes-first-black-woman-head-reserve-bank-35110">Economist Susan Collins becomes first Black woman to head a Reserve Bank</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>we pause now for this important message for Millennials:</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">Inflation is partial student loan forgiveness. <a href="https://t.co/uzJOLpZCQe">pic.twitter.com/uzJOLpZCQe</a></p> — Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Noahpinion/status/1491673810411479048?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 10, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p>and this one from Boomers: life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get</p> </div></div></div> Fri, 11 Feb 2022 22:13:53 +0000 artappraiser comment 313898 at http://dagblog.com Right here is the Democratic http://dagblog.com/comment/313855#comment-313855 <a id="comment-313855"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/313845#comment-313845">With this type of thing, we</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Right here is the Democratic Socialists of America position on topic, from an activist in the party, a diversified elite - bah humbug meaningless white educated elite crap:</p> <div class="media_embed"> <blockquote height="" width=""> <p>There’s a reason why socialists care about class so much—the boss can’t co-opt rhetoric that centers class to undermine working class power!<br /><br /> Inclusion means nothing when it only serves to entrench workers’ exploitation! We want justice for all, not a diverse elite! <a href="https://t.co/HuXATfbrQV">pic.twitter.com/HuXATfbrQV</a></p> — Honda Wang (@HondaWang) <a href="https://twitter.com/HondaWang/status/1490815615036276742?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2022</a></blockquote> </div> <p><br /></p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote height="" width=""> <p>This ultraliberal language of the nonprofit industry and academia has continued to permeate in the corporate world precisely because it can serve the interests of capitalists without ceding any meaningful amount of power to marginalized groups.<a href="https://t.co/8Au9H1UJoH">https://t.co/8Au9H1UJoH</a></p> — Honda Wang (@HondaWang) <a href="https://twitter.com/HondaWang/status/1490816589482057733?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2022</a></blockquote> </div> <br /><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote height="" width=""> <p>Anyways, join <a href="https://twitter.com/DemSocialists?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DemSocialists</a> and support <a href="https://twitter.com/organizeworkers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@organizeworkers</a> if you want to build a working class movement in America!</p> — Honda Wang(@HondaWang) <a href="https://twitter.com/HondaWang/status/1490816876364107779?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 7, 2022</a></blockquote> </div> <p>this is why you don't see Bernie talk much identity politics, he knows it would alienate these people that are his true believers</p> <p>p.s. anyone with a red rose symbol after their user name on Twitter is usually a supporter if not full member</p> </div></div></div> Thu, 10 Feb 2022 01:31:05 +0000 artappraiser comment 313855 at http://dagblog.com p.s. Just FYI - Four main http://dagblog.com/comment/313856#comment-313856 <a id="comment-313856"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/313855#comment-313855">Right here is the Democratic</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>p.s. Just FYI - Four main members of "The Squad" in the House are the only members of DSA in Congress - AOC, Tlaib, Cori Bush &amp; Jamaal Bowman</p> <blockquote> <p>Though not a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_party" title="Political party">political party</a>, members of the DSA have run in elections and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Democratic_Socialists_of_America_members_who_have_held_office_in_the_United_States" title="List of Democratic Socialists of America members who have held office in the United States">held office</a>. In November 2018, two DSA members, <u>Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez</u> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashida_Tlaib" title="Rashida Tlaib">Rashida Tlaib</a>, were elected to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">House of Representatives</a> as Democrats. Eleven were elected to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_state_legislatures" title="List of United States state legislatures">state legislatures</a>.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Socialists_of_America#cite_note-winning-elections-governing-9">[9]</a> In November 2020, Ocasio-Cortez and Tlaib were re-elected to the House, and were joined by two more DSA members, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cori_Bush" title="Cori Bush">Cori Bush</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaal_Bowman" title="Jamaal Bowman">Jamaal Bowman</a>, who have also been seated as Democrats.</p> </blockquote> <p>from<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Socialists_of_America"> Wikipedia</a> </p> </div></div></div> Thu, 10 Feb 2022 01:29:37 +0000 artappraiser comment 313856 at http://dagblog.com With this type of thing, we http://dagblog.com/comment/313845#comment-313845 <a id="comment-313845"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/comment/313842#comment-313842">WAIT, I got this! The Woke</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>With this type of thing, we've got these choices,</p> <p>It's funny that Kendi-style anti-racism is surprisingly simple, he has no need for such people, no matter their identity:</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">If you're not anti-Capitalist, you're a racist. <a href="https://t.co/lqRmRBmiwB">pic.twitter.com/lqRmRBmiwB</a></p> — The Woke Temple (@WokeTemple) <a href="https://twitter.com/WokeTemple/status/1491446655031590914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> <p>His opponents give you these examples if you still want to play by skin color and sexual identity:</p> <p> </p><div class="media_embed"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" height="" width=""> <p dir="ltr" lang="en" xml:lang="en">HETERODOX BLACK WOMEN YOU NEED TO KNOW<br /><br /> The other day, <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnHMcWhorter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JohnHMcWhorter</a> &amp; <a href="https://twitter.com/GlennLoury?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GlennLoury</a> asked why there were no prominent heterodox black women, apart from <a href="https://twitter.com/cvaldary?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cvaldary</a>.<br /><br /> There are! Some on this list of 10 are less &amp; some more well-known. Let's make them all world-famous.<br /><br /><a href="https://t.co/xZRTBViF9K">pic.twitter.com/xZRTBViF9K</a></p> — Free Black Thought (@FreeBlckThought) <a href="https://twitter.com/FreeBlckThought/status/1491170355255611392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 8, 2022</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" height="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" width=""></script></div> </div></div></div> Wed, 09 Feb 2022 22:30:16 +0000 artappraiser comment 313845 at http://dagblog.com WAIT, I got this! The Woke http://dagblog.com/comment/313842#comment-313842 <a id="comment-313842"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/link/economist-susan-collins-becomes-first-black-woman-head-reserve-bank-35110">Economist Susan Collins becomes first Black woman to head a Reserve Bank</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>WAIT, I got this! The Woke will say she's not really Black, she's Jamaican. And an immigrant yet, first became a citizen in 1997, unlike Colin Powell, who was not really Black either because he was Jamaican heritage. (And why not move on to Obama, who was half-American white and half African....) So this does not qualify as anti-racist; no way.</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 09 Feb 2022 20:23:03 +0000 artappraiser comment 313842 at http://dagblog.com