The Unbearable Whiteness of the American Left

[Comrade Grumpy]

94. Well, the article mentions one particular organization.

Which is not to say that the problem isn't more widespread.

I've worked in the drug reform movement, which was pretty lily-white at the beginning. It took years and years to win any level of support or buy-in from the black community, even as those communities were being ravaged by the war on drugs.

Now, the drug reform movement increasingly reflects the diversity of America. The NAACP has come on board, and there are groups like Break the Chains explicitly articulating a black perspective on the issue.

The Drug Policy Alliance (not my employer) has been very good ensuring that minority communities are represented and heard and organized on these social justice and civil rights issues. Maybe that could be a model for other progressive movements and organizations.