i'll respond to some rhetoricals raised in this piece to give you some of my thoughts.
Is America really a “white supremacist” society? What does “structural racism” even mean and does it explain all the socioeconomic problems of nonwhites? Is anyone who raises questions about immigration levels a racist? Are personal pronouns necessary and something the left should seek to popularize? Are transwomen exactly the same as biological women and are those who question such a claim simply “haters” who should be expunged from the left coalition (as has been advocated in the UK)?
First off, these aren't even the right questions to ask, and it really shows the bias of the question asker.
Is America really a white supremacist society? To a degree, yes. It's not a binary of whether a nation is 100% white supremacist or 0%, but it's definitely a non-zero number, and it is a significant portion of the population. When Tucker Carlson talks about immigrants "replacing" Americans - that's white supremacy. Charlottesville had a literal white supremacy march. Dylan Roof. Even down the fact of how white people view police vs. minorities. I'm still shocked to this day at the casualness with which some of my white friends call the police. it's a completely different relationship.
What does "structural racism" even mean and does it explain all the socioeconomic problems of nonwhites? Well this is a loaded, and bs-ridden question. Yes, there's systemic racism. Dozens of examples. Issues that have been brought up time and time again. And "explain
all the problems" is such a disingenuous modifier.
Is anyone who raises questions about immigration levels a racist? Yes. Because there's no evidence that immigrants are "taking" jobs, or contributing to crime or overburdening the welfare system. These boogeymen are not actual issues, so it's either (a) you know this and don't care because it provides cover for your racist beliefs; or (b) you believe the boogeymen in which case you've been brainwashed into believing that immigrants, who are the exact same genus and species as Americans, are intrinsically lazier, but at the same time taking jobs, but also more criminalistic at heart. Also, it always seems like when people "raise" questions they have no interest in the actual answer.
Are personal pronouns necessary and something the left should seek to popularize? Is this a real issue? Who made the claim that it was necessary, and something that the left is actively popularizing? Is this something that Joe Biden campaigned on? Is there a pronoun bill in the works in Congress? Or is this just another inconsequential fringe issue that Right is attempting to blowing out of proportion in an effort to discredit the "others" ?
Are transwomen exactly the same as biological women and are those who question such a claim simply “haters” who should be expunged from the left coalition (as has been advocated in the UK)? Um, why is this question specifically pointed at transwomen and not transpeople? Is it not as big a deal when a woman transitions into a man? Regardless, nobody ever claimed that transwomen are exactly the same as biological women in every aspect, but with regard to their rights, yes, they need the same rights as biological women. that's all the "left coalition" is asking for. to oppose it is to deny someone their rights? that doesn't seem very fair.
Look. The GOP loves talking about democracy and personal liberties and yet are constantly trying to impose norms on the population. These questions spanned 3 cultural issues: racism, immigration, and trans rights. If we use personal liberties as the guiding principle for how policy should be shaped?
1) institutional racism needs to be dismantled so people can be free to live their lives. this means no redlining. equal policing and sentencing outcomes. did you know that in insurance payouts, actuaries have determined that black people's lives are literally worth less dollars than a white person's? that seems pretty institutional to me. keep it free, baby.
2) immigration - open borders seem pretty free to me. if someone takes your job, well that's just capitalism. free free free.
3) trans rights - the government shouldn't be telling people what to do. as much freedom to do what you want as possible. maximum freedom.
of course it's all bs. both parties want to impose their will on the other, and their vision for what society should look like. it has nothing to do with freedom, and it doesn't even have to necessarily do with what's best for the country, or even the constituents. however, the GOP's position seems to be especially devastating to what's best for the country to the point where it appears to be by design (meaning the GOP intentionally sabotages Dem policies to sandbag it, and then gaslight the constituents come election season so they can say "oh, another failed Dem project").
