Posted on 06/22/2020 6:05:08 PM PDT by Libloather
I’m not a big fan of accusing people of cultural appropriation. If you want to eat a taco on Cinco de Mayo, have fun. If you like orange chicken, by all means, let’s do this thing. But there’s a difference between casual partaking of other cultures, which is one of the awesome things about America, and trying to appropriate the lived struggles of oppressed people for political and personal gain.
That’s what makes Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez so insidious. Over and over, usually through the “people of color” canard, she’s tried to equalize her upper crust, pampered upbringing with those who fought for civil rights for black Americans and have the battle scars to prove it. For more on why this is such an issue, be sure to check out the great Kira Davis’ viral op-ed entitled Kira Davis: The Term People of Color Hijacks Black America’s Hard Earned Legacy and I’m Sick of It.
Apparently, AOC didn’t get the memo because she found the shark and did a double back flip over it today.
Tom Elliott @tomselliott .@AOC: “Latinos are black … We have to have conversations around ‘colorism,’ and we have to have conversations around the African and indigenous roots from which we come and how that’s reflected in systems of power.”
(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...
Every time I look at her I just see one big boob.
AH, so a condition of the heart..............makes sense.
Now that we have all these DNA tests ... When do Neanderthals get recognized? At what % are you Neanderthal enough?
LITERALLY every Latino I know.
I suppose she's "insidious" if you're mentally retarded.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUd6lYNc_EE
I dont think the HIspanic CHain saw guy thinks he is black
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_nE2fQW6d4
The ones I knew could stand black people. Alot of distrust. They will be shocked, too.
Unless their name is Zimmerman...
That is funny, I see a braying donkey.
What about the Latinos who descend from Spanish, Portuguese, French, and Dutch heritages? What color(s) are they?
So the Spanish were Africans, AOC? Did you check with the Spaniards before you spouted this canard?
She really does enjoy hearing her own voice, no?
Well, if they’re into ‘identity politics’, a lot of them probably identify as ‘aboriginal Americans’. I’m not sure about the Meztizos; I’ve met people from South America who seemed very proud that their father or grandfather had eyes of ‘azul’.
It’s all kind of silly - unless you can prove that you’re of one or another absolutely ‘pure’ heritage (and I doubt anyone can) - you’re all mixed-up-and-turned-around, like all the rest of us.
She’s sounding more like Chelsea Clinton every day.
Hey, we’re ALL BLACK. Didn’t the black race mongers insist that blacks were the first inhabitants of this earth? And every one of us originated from them? Haven’t heard THAT brought up lately...
And they say marijuana use is a victimless crime.
ALL “Latinos” descend from Europe.
Her noise is stupid nonsense.
The fact that Mestizos have some Amerindian genetics merely means they are a mix.
And THEY were the FIRST and MOST RUTHLESS slavers, like her namesake Hernan Cortez
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