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eviljelloman t1_jaie9qt wrote

> institution with a long racist history finally does something slightly less racist than they have for the entire recorded history of their existence

> news: reports on that historic moment

Reddit Dipshit: IdEnTiTy PoLiTicS

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GraffitiTavern t1_jaimj60 wrote

Pennsylvania has never has a female senator, governor, or speaker(until now), I disagree with some politics where representation alone is the only goal(she will be a much better speaker than Cutler and will deliver for Pennsylvanians which is the most important thing) but having a more representative state government is an unequivocal good. Why wasn't it called "identity politics" when Black people and women were excluded from the commonwealth for the past 250 years?

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[deleted] t1_jaihof5 wrote

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WingedChimera t1_jajxrqi wrote

If it were true equality the amount of people of color in politics would be representative of the amount of people of color in the country. You act like a bone got thrown so now racism is over.

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Drewcifer81 t1_jaihy5b wrote

Perhaps learn what identity politics actually means?

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ROTLA t1_jaidmk7 wrote

Sure, when America stops with the racism.

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Drewcifer81 t1_jaijxoh wrote

Why are you making this an issue about race? We had an African-American speaker of the PA house in the 80s.

Perhaps it's more pertinent that we finally have a woman in the position?

Either way, this is not "identity politics" as that would be that she was elevated solely because of her identity... not because, say, she was a well-liked minority speaker for 3 years prior?

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sensistarfish t1_jaj6u3i wrote

You: The majority of people have no problem with black people in positions of leadership!

Also You: why are we talking about her being black and in leadership??!!

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OneHumanPeOple t1_jaj1wjn wrote

Representation matters. This is a historic moment for Pennsylvanians and it’s particularly joyous for women and for Black citizens.

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defusted t1_jaj191n wrote

Lol right, because the only reason she got elected is because she's a black woman. She's not a republican relying on her parents.

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[deleted] t1_jajfbus wrote

I didn’t say that’s why she got elected. I said she was picked because she’s the best qualified, and that’s all that should matter.

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Finrodsrod t1_jajlcp7 wrote

>I said she was picked because she’s the best qualified, and that’s all that should matter.

You literally said the opposite in your OP.

>but can we stop with the identity politics?

Do you not understand what you even wrote?

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[deleted] t1_jajqo2c wrote

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Finrodsrod t1_jajr7qv wrote

Identity politics is particular groups of people adhering to a set political party.

For example Evangelical Christians adopting Republican policy as part of their identity.

Your OP essentially stated that Democrats picked her because black people are stereotyped as having Democrat identity politics.

You literally have no clue what you're even saying.

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defusted t1_jajhuyk wrote

So you're just going to ignore your identity politics comment then? Because that's what that means.

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WingedChimera t1_jajxlqd wrote

We can stop with them when 90% of who we see in politics aren’t white old men.

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HeyZuesHChrist t1_jakcmrg wrote

It’s nonsensical that in the entire history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania that they didn’t have a single qualified female speaker of color until today.

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