Couldn’t agree more. The best chance you’ve got of reducing racism is economic socialism with a focused approach on community integration and specific legal challenges and focussed boycotting of serial injustice.

Say this (and I do) you will be accused of being a white supremacist. For some people the immediate desire to fight outweighs the long term strategy. The initially invested white warriors were primarily interested in the kudos or the self-esteem boost that comes from being ‘a goodie’ - they have never been interested in the effort of long term change. If they did, they’d be enrolling as social workers, civic reformers or teachers rather than sharing memes. I say that as someone who trains social workers.

Bipoc writers that equate every tiny obstacle in their life as an example of systemic oppression that must be addressed also haven’t considered the long term strategy. To question them is to oppress rather than reframe. To suggest the long term effects of this rhetoric might be counter productive is to uphold white supremacy or to be divisive.

There is a balance to be struck one which doesn’t dismiss the struggle and disadvantage that many bipoc face in the US - but which also reframes the discussion towards positive and goal orientated solutions. For me, that’s pushing the economic socialists to the fore without falling into the divisive tumbledryer of identity politics - and competing aspects of privilege.

If advocating for everyone to be removed from poverty (whilst paying some attention and being aware of other facets of privilege such as race, sex, age, disability, education level, family history etc) is the new voice of oppression and division. The political left has a problem. As a result the political right will walk the next few elections.