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I post a lot of fake bits on here for laughs and catharsis but this is absolutely real and it is the dumbest thing that this organization has ever produced and it will not surprise you to learn it comes from its most dysfunctional chapter. pic.twitter.com/aJcqDngbaY— Quantico DSA (@QuanticoDSA) November 18, 2020

Please note, this is a proposal, not a passed resolution. And I have no idea how many members it would take to submit a resolution, so it could be two weirdos or have huge internal chapter support.

Edit: It appears I have started a struggle session. I apologise.

For the record, my own view on this is that it is well intentioned, but extremely poorly designed and (likely) to be poorly implemented as well. In one of my comments below, I say "I don’t think DSA, a predominantly white and PMC organization, is at all equipped to handle this in a way that doesn’t create more problems. To me, it would make more sense to have a Black socialist org be given the $ to do as they see fit, if this is a path the chapter votes on. It screams of white guilt rather than building power, and individual charity rather than mutual aid.". AFROSOC is an internal DSA org, as I understand it.

And I feel this is a textbook example of "charity vs mutual aid", with this decidedly being charity.

  • maverick [they/them]
    2·
    4 years ago

    Maybe I'm just dumb but I don't see anything wrong with this? Someone please explain why it's 'cringe.'

          • maverick [they/them]
            1·
            4 years ago

            Probably look at their ID and see if their race is listed as black. I thought we we were pro reparations.

            Wait nvm I thought drivers licenses listed race but I guess not.

              • maverick [they/them]
                2·
                4 years ago

                Idk I don't think it's really that big a deal. It's certainly not going to remedy the issue at its core but I don't see how it would be as disastrous as you propose. Why would it breed resentment in non-black members?

                  • maverick [they/them]
                    1·
                    4 years ago

                    I thought DSA was mostly white PMC types. That's what I've been lead to believe by people here at least. I'm not sure this struggling Guatamalan Maya immigrant member of the Seattle DSA exists.

                  • maverick [they/them]
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                    4 years ago

                    Yea it's a bit much but from what I gathered from the rest of the thread this particular DSA branch doesn't really do anything so they might as well do something. But I acknowledge it's not a great idea but I just don't think it's as bad as everyone says.

                    • spectre [he/him]
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                      4 years ago

                      Sitting here and calling it "cringe" is lazy af. I think that "the Seattle DSA isn't equipped to handle this issue" and that "reparations can be good as a form of mutual aid, but they are a bit of a patch if the recipients are brought into the greater political struggle" are reasonable criticisms.

                      Not to mention that it's in the earliest stages of existence, so you're sort of "dunking" on thin air.

                      This whole conversation devolved into a slapfight largely because of OP's shitty title. You get a bonus layer on top by the people who read "this isn't cringe" as "there are no valid criticisms of this proposal" and then get even more mad online.