Bodhipaksa on Nostr: "It’s not enough for white men to be in control of all the levers of power; ...
"It’s not enough for white men to be in control of all the levers of power; they—and those who do their bidding—also have to make everybody else feel like they don’t deserve power and won’t be able to have any even if they try. The white guys who are determined to keep running this joint need the rest of us to believe that asking for equal opportunity and a fair shake is asking for too much, and that demanding equality now is perpetually too soon."
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/america-is-ready-for-first-black-woman-president/Published at
2024-08-04 19:42:06Event JSON
{
"id": "00a9088ad176776ce2af6ac15151c77a5b99146cbf5f5596234946e33b6af269",
"pubkey": "e8f0be4b8398c199c7fa5ed7a525cab2df7cb5a82b837803280d7cbcb998f447",
"created_at": 1722800526,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.scot/@bodhipaksa/112905455297378049",
"web"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://mastodon.scot/users/bodhipaksa/statuses/112905455297378049",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://mastodon.scot/users/bodhipaksa/statuses/112905455297378049",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "\"It’s not enough for white men to be in control of all the levers of power; they—and those who do their bidding—also have to make everybody else feel like they don’t deserve power and won’t be able to have any even if they try. The white guys who are determined to keep running this joint need the rest of us to believe that asking for equal opportunity and a fair shake is asking for too much, and that demanding equality now is perpetually too soon.\"\n\nhttps://www.thenation.com/article/politics/america-is-ready-for-first-black-woman-president/",
"sig": "e4cd2b2df9382ffedea40bcf366617fd1552e4d0d826bf68f0e6f663eacae6c2a32ff8085502b574cb636ef9a8192eb8449b0aff26c5bf8e76bcddf26f8f6a6a"
}
