@breiter

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!🤡

@breiter

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.

@mekkaokereke
There is a difference, yes, but Newsom is gonna know that the vast, vast majority of people will not PARSE the difference. If we're gonna assume there's a pre-announcement there are phrasings that will address that without tripping the 'make racists feel better' switch, & ones that a clever operator like him should've thought of. E.g. 'I have a list of top candidates for any appointment, and they are all black women.'
He set her up for a rough go & could've done better.
@breiter

@FeralRobots @breiter

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.🤷🏿‍♂️

@mekkaokereke

I do put "Yes to ACAB and BLM" in my dating profile, if it makes people run away, so much the better. I don't want to date them anyway.

@FeralRobots @breiter

@yourautisticlife @mekkaokereke @breiter
I keep reading ACAB as Assigned Cop At Birth & I'm not sure I can shake that.