Interesting piece that errs in adopting the Clinton frame that there is oppression that is non-economic https://t.co/jPalYu8PAQ
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016
The Ferguson report revealed an entire scheme of municipal plunder. Anti-black policing was an economic model.
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016
Pretty sure that you could make the same case for "marriage equality." It's not just the right to embrace on the courthouse steps.
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016
Marriage discrimination isn't bad because simply because it makes people "feel bad."
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016
It's bad because it bars them from entering into a contract to protect–among other things–the fruits of their labor.
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016
There's nothing "non-economic" about sexual harassment. If you're boss is demanding favors in exchange for a raise, that's economics.
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016
Notion that white dude's issues are "economic" and everybody else is just trying to discuss their feelings is, well, sorta deplorable.
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016
Anti-black Racism is the one I know, and at its very root it was always economic.
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016
But sexism is deeply tied to the idea of women's bodies as property, so likely economic too. (Smarter people than me can take this.)
— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) December 1, 2016