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Originally Posted by JesseQuinn
to provide a bit of context, Booker T Washington public beliefs and influence weren't exactly 100% positive for Black peeps in the US. For example, he advocated that peeps work within the punitive Jim Crow system rather than strive to change it (although to be fair in private his beliefs were more progressive)
The point is, a lot of what he said and wrote publicly is pretty problematic (and in some cases contrary to what he actually thought). His approach was also tied to a specific belief system regarding the connection between class and morality that today is still part of the problem.
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It's called a gateway policy. It makes neither side happy but is necessary to move forward to the actual liberation of the oppressed. Don't ask don't tell was a gateway policy that eventually led to the liberation of non straight military personnel.
An effective politician says and does what the public actually needs to move forward, they sacrifice their own agenda & opinions for the greater good. This is nothing new.
There is a connection between class and morality, that is not the problem. When you have more resources and no worries about feeding your children, or yourself, you're more capable of doing what's
ethically acceptable. Many of the very poor, or very rich, exhibit a deficit of many morals overall. Neither have much to lose. The super rich feel they should be held up in bad times because of all the good they've done, the super poor feel they should be held up because they've been dealt a bad card.
When I mention very poor/rich, that is the bottom rung of any given society, not what someone in one nation might consider poor in another.
You cannot be higher class and maintain your position without appropriate ethics, but you can with inappropriate morals.