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Culture War Roundup for the week of September 26, 2022

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I know nothing about this person or this race, but this is pretty anodyne Democratic messaging.

Am I crazy for thinking her first paragraph is negated by the second? Her first one says she is going to represent all people, yet she only mentions certain people in the second.

In the second paragraph, she refers to the "community", "families", "small business owners" (I imagine there are a fair amount of white small business owners in Austin!), "homeowners", "renters," and "you" (who are presumably white). In the Democratic messaging world, she is actually going out of her way to signal that she's going to represent rich white people (small business owners, homeowners, etc.) as well as poor POCs.

I don't understand how white people are supposed to support these kinds of candidates.

I'm sure some of them support her to be the "good" progressive white person. I'm also sure many people support her because of her relationships, what she's done in the city prior to this, and because they actually support her policies.

I can't believe we're so fucking anti racist now that we can openly say that small business owners and homeowners is signalling support for white people because minorities are such a bunch of fuck ups. We did it Dr King!

Some of the most profitable small businesses in the country are "minority-owned" ones that exist only to act as a paper intermediary between suppliers and government departments and contractors (or these days any company chasing "ESG" scores) that are required to source everything from minority-owned businesses.

she's going to represent rich white people (small business owners, homeowners

As I assume that PoC in Austin are allowed to own businesses or housing, stating that she intends to represent "rich white people" specifically, is inaccurate. Here, she only claims to represent, in your terms, "rich people" period, of all races.

Whites qua whites, even if restricted to those that are wealthy, will not be advocated on behalf of by her.