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.

  • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    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.

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      4 years ago

      There's already a black socialist org in Seattle that exists too which is the funny thing, although all of their members are affiliated with DSA in some respects.

    • 777 [none/use name]
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      is that not the point of divesting the immediate payout to AFROSOC to do as they see fit?

      • hauntingspectre [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        That's an internal org, as far as I know. That just means making distribution their problem, and they'll catch any blowback.