Because that makes racists feel better? If Newsom looked at his list of qualified candidates and saw that his top 3 candidate finalists were all Black women, he can pre-announce that the finalist will be a Black woman.
Similarly, the US is very comfortable with less than 1% of all VC funding going to Black women. We all just pretend that racist exclusion isn't happening. But the minute 1 tiny fund says that it's going to give < .01% to Black women? Lawsuits! Claims of unfairness!š¤”
And I haven't read Newsom say anywhere that only Black women were eligible. I've read him say that the appointee will be a Black woman.
There's a significant difference between those two statements.
There is no phrasing that will make racists happy. It's a fool's errand to try.
Martin Luther King couldn't find it. "Nonviolent protest" and "civil disobedience" were hated terms in their time.
"Black Lives Matter" is apparently a bad term. "Hands up, don't shoot" is also bad. "Defund the police" is terrible.
When you find a framing that works for racists, let me know. Might win you a Nobel peace prize! Because even the peace prize winners couldn't figure it out.š¤·šæāāļø
@mekkaokereke @FeralRobots @breiter The only thing that will make racists happy is nominating a white person.
Why is it that whenever a white guy gets the job, nobody says "Oh, he's clearly just getting that job because of his race and gender"?
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