Thought for the Day

[bcholmes]

Interesting piece that errs in adopting the Clinton frame that there is oppression that is non-economic https://t.co/jPalYu8PAQ

— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016

The Ferguson report revealed an entire scheme of municipal plunder. Anti-black policing was an economic model.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016

Pretty sure that you could make the same case for "marriage equality." It's not just the right to embrace on the courthouse steps.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016

Marriage discrimination isn't bad because simply because it makes people "feel bad."

— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016

It's bad because it bars them from entering into a contract to protect–among other things–the fruits of their labor.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016

There's nothing "non-economic" about sexual harassment. If you're boss is demanding favors in exchange for a raise, that's economics.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016

Notion that white dude's issues are "economic" and everybody else is just trying to discuss their feelings is, well, sorta deplorable.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016

Anti-black Racism is the one I know, and at its very root it was always economic.

— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016

But sexism is deeply tied to the idea of women's bodies as property, so likely economic too. (Smarter people than me can take this.)

— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016

Mirrored from Under the Beret.

Comments

[bibliofile]

Ta-Nehisi Coates rocks.

(Too bad the mirroring onto DW didn't carry over the pairings of these tweets.)