Democrat Gabe Amo defeated Republican Gerry Leonard to win Rhode Island’s 1st Congressional District seat Tuesday, becoming the state’s first Black candidate elected to Congress.
Rhode Island elects it's First Black person to Congress
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I'm sure his being so-called "Black" adds an extra qualification his predecessors were so sorely lacking.
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@Athias
Well, black people deserve their share of representation.
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@Best.Korea
Well, black people deserve their share of representation.
Yes, because the representation of identical social, political, and economic values can be expressed exclusively and necessarily through skin color.
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@Best.Korea
It only took 234 years for this to happen.
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@Athias
Yeah.
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@FLRW
It only took 234 years for this to happen
USA is not fair nor has equal opportunity for all.
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@Athias
Well, black people deserve their share of representation.Yes, because the representation of identical social, political, and economic values can be expressed exclusively and necessarily through skin color.
Because of skin color, the social, political, and economic experience is not identical, the experiential reality of the black man is different than the experience of a white man. So yes, politically, representation by leaders who understand the issues resulting from skin color is important.
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@Sidewalker
Because of skin color, the social, political, and economic experience is not identical,
On what are you basing this?
the experiential reality of the black man is different than the experience of a white man.
The experiential reality of the individual is different from the experience of another. What is your point?
So yes, politically, representation by leaders who understand the issues resulting from skin color is important.
Which is to say that the skin color is necessarily associated with experience (and response,) and therefore can be used to argue a uniform experience (united by skin color) a uniform response, and a uniform set of values. Doesn't proposing that so-called blacks and so-called whites being monolithic socioeconomic and political demographic necessarily render a "racist" inference?
Furthermore, since Gabe Amo is a Democrat, would he represent the values of so-called "Black" Republicans by mere virtue of his skin color?
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@Athias
Because of skin color, the social, political, and economic experience is not identical,On what are you basing this?
I’m basing it on the real world.
the experiential reality of the black man is different than the experience of a white man.The experiential reality of the individual is different from the experience of another. What is your point?
My point is your comment “Yes, because the representation of identical social, political, and economic values can be expressed exclusively and necessarily through skin color” is just nonsense.
So yes, politically, representation by leaders who understand the issues resulting from skin color is important.Which is to say that the skin color is necessarily associated with experience (and response,) and therefore can be used to argue a uniform experience (united by skin color) a uniform response, and a uniform set of values.
OK, and that would also be nonsense.
Doesn't proposing that so-called blacks and so-called whites being monolithic socioeconomic and political demographic necessarily render a "racist" inference?
No it doesn’t, there are social,political, and economic experience differences between the white and black experience,but it does not follow that either experience is monolithic. Andno, it does not “render a "racist" inference”, systemic andinstitutional racism is the cause, not the effect.
Furthermore, since Gabe Amo is a Democrat, would he represent the values of so-called "Black" Republicans by mere virtue of his skin color?
Nope.
If you want to argue against the simple statement that “blackpeople deserve their share of representation”, you need to present more thanobtuse straw man statements and hasty generalizations, how about you put forth arational argument.
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@Sidewalker
I’m basing it on the real world.
Whose real world?
My point is your comment “Yes, because the representation of identical social, political, and economic values can be expressed exclusively and necessarily through skin color” is just nonsense.
And this is demonstrated and/or substantiated because you state it's nonsense?
OK, and that would also be nonsense.
Hold on to that thought.
No it doesn’t, there are social,political, and economic experience differences between the white and black
But if distinction is defined by their skin color, then how are you not arguing that:
Athias Post #9
so-called blacks and so-called whites [are] monolithic socioeconomic and political demographics
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but it does not follow that either experience is monolithic.
Except economically, politically, and socially as you argued above, correct? Which is it?
Nope.
So then, his election doesn't serve so-called "black representation" right?
If you want to argue against the simple statement that “blackpeople deserve their share of representation”,
Why would a demographic need "representation" if they're not an economic, social, and political monolith?
you need to present more thanobtuse straw man statements and hasty generalizations,
My arguments were neither straw men or hasty generalizations. Nice effort.
how about you put forth arational argument.
I thought I did.