Booker’s epic 25-hour speech in the U.S. Senate is a rallying cry for America.

  • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    34
    arrow-down
    4
    ·
    edit-2
    12 days ago

    He also got an excop around security while he was carrying gun…

    Is unapologetically pro-genocide…

    And a whole host of other major issues the Dem voting base don’t like.

    Booker is not someone who should be leading the party, he’s someone who should be getting primaried.

    Don’t let them tell us we need a conservative candidate, there’s zero logic behind that. We need a progressive candidate because that’s what will drive Dem turnout.

    Edit:

    And this article is saying Booker likes hip-hop because he was born in 1969?

    Cory Booker is a member of the hip-hop generation. Born in 1969, Booker is a member of the Gen X demographic group who came of age listening to artists such as Public Enemy. These artists did more than simply entertain crowds; they also taught Black history to listeners. Indeed, historian Pero G. Dagbovie notes that Black Americans who were born between 1965 and 1984 seemed to be shaped by social and cultural focuses that were conducive to Black cultural nationalism. The embrace of Black history as a political tool was present in the music – i.e., KRS-One; Queen Latifah, and X-clan. And movies like “Malcolm X” and “Boyz n the Hood” also provided ready access to conversations about racism, the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement, and the continued need to fight racism.

    Like, that seems pretty racist on top of being nonsensical…

    He’s a super rich kid from a very privileged life, he may have listened to some early hip-hop, but so did fucking everyone else regardless of race

    • Botzo@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      12 days ago

      I’m skeptical about him too.

      Re: hip-hop, I think the answer to why he likes it is in the quote itself.

      The embrace of Black history as a political tool

      It’s very possibly genuine, he was in his teens and early twenties as it blew up. But given his record beyond the speech, I think it’s reasonable to have doubt.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        12 days ago

        His parent were IBM execs and he went to Standford and Yale…

        Any connection to hip-hop he had was the same as anyone else in a gated community.