eviljelloman t1_jaie9qt wrote on March 1, 2023 at 5:37 PM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Meet Joanna McClinton, PA’s first Black woman House speaker by PienotPi

> 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

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GraffitiTavern t1_jaimj60 wrote on March 1, 2023 at 6:29 PM

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?

[deleted] t1_jaihof5 wrote on March 1, 2023 at 5:59 PM

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WingedChimera t1_jajxrqi wrote on March 1, 2023 at 11:30 PM

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.