Ed just tied the minimum wage vote and Ryan's budget to institutional racism

[Half-Century Man]

On a roll.

[ChangeUp106]

1. I thought that was crazy

It's a pro-business vote. Nothing more. On this issue at least.

[Half-Century Man]

2. Ed is making a good point

Minorities are more effected than whites....Connected

[ChangeUp106]

3. True

But that doesn't mean they did it as an anti-minority vote.

[Half-Century Man]

7. Unintentional adverse consequences to minorities is one of the symptoms

of institutional racism. Especially if that is seen in multiple examples taken from a society.

[Supersedeas]

16. like the symptoms of a biological weapons

it is a matter of design

[Tansy_Gold]

10. I'm going to guess that

You don't have a clear understanding of how "institutionalized racism" differs from the everyday, garden variety overt racism.

This could be a learning experience for you.

[malaise]

15. +1,000

[elleng]

4. along with Clyburn.

They did well, imo.

[Supersedeas]

6. just follow the money--the ethos is contained therein

[Skidmore]

12. I agreed with Nina Turner.

It may have a disproportionate effect on minorities and women, but it has its origins in classism. Minorities and women are more affected because they tend to be in the lower paying jobs. It is more complicated than just race.

[bettyellen]

13. of course you'd think that if you don't routinely face discrimination.....

and can easily brush aside the opinions of those who regularly do deal with discriminatory policies.

[Spazito]

5. I don't think he's wrong, racism does play into the fight against raising the minimum wage...

as low wages disproportionately affect minorities. All too many republicans are racist pigs, Paul Ryan being but one example, imo.

[mountain grammy]

8. I think Ed makes a good point, A good business decision would be to raise the minimum wage

it's always been successful in the past. In our resort area, most small businesses already pay above minimum wage because it's good business. I did the same when I owned a business. If they can do it, the corporations must be forced to do it.

Opposing a raise in the minimum wage is tainted with racism and sexism. That pretty clear, in my opinion.

[Half-Century Man]

9. Posted on another thread a little bit ago...

Connect the increase in the minimum wage more closely to the increase in productivity. $15.50 per hour, effective within 1 year.

[Laelth]

11. It's more like a pro-slavery argument.

The R's don't care whether the slaves are black or white. In fact, they might prefer white ones, but they definitely want cheap labor. If I were more cynical, I might accuse them of actually wanting a return of slavery, which is ironic given that the Republican Party destroyed slavery in the first place.

-Laelth

[Half-Century Man]

14. I'm not seeing a wish to return to slavery here.

Slaves are valuable property and need to be cared for and trained.
The desperately impoverished however, will fight each other for table scraps.