Progressive House candidate responds to criticism over past comments about Black Dems

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There's nothing progressive about a young white guy claiming that Black imperialists are the problem, and there's nothing *centrist* about older Black leaders like Jim Clyburn.

I agree it's not a great look, but I do feel that the HuffPost framing is doing a lot of work on that look. That's all.

At this point it seems like the *debate* is between co-opters of the progressive label versus liberal Democrats more so than anything else.

There are definitely folks who look for those labels and markers instead of what people actually do.

I mean, geez, we just got rid of a racist with a Nazi tattoo who claimed he was a progressive.

You and I were on the same page with that particular motherfucker.

As for the debate about Black "respectability politics", is it really appropriate for a white guy like Lawrence to be leading the discussion?

I'm a fan of people having those kinds of conversations, because that's how we learn. I think you and I could probably disagree as to how they were having that discussion. (Who was leading it, whether they agreed to touch on this topic before recording started, whether a podcast is the most effective/useful place to have that conversation, etc.)