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Three progressive movements have risen to prominence over the past 15 years and vowed to create a fairer America: Occupy Wall Street, #MeToo and Black Lives Matter. #MeToo led to the firing (and sometimes jailing) of sexual predators, as well as the hiring of more women in prominent jobs. Black Lives Matter led to policing reforms in some cities and the hiring of more Black Americans in prominent jobs. Still, none of the three movements have come close to achieving their ambitions. Instead, taxes on the affluent are near their lowest level in decades, and the number of killings by the police remains largely unchanged.
Persons: MeToo, , ” Fredrik deBoer Organizations: Occupy Locations: America
What drives deBoer’s argument here is the idea that on the left, elites are undermining progress for the average Joe. It’s time, he says, to forcefully question exactly what elites on the left claim is best for everyone else, especially when evidence suggests otherwise. Research shows more policing has reduced homicides, which disproportionately affect Black Americans. Black Americans are about 13 percent of the population but make up more than half of homicide victims. What’s easy for radical activists and academics to write on a placard turns out to be hard for many Black Americans to actually live with.
Persons: Fredrik deBoer, Freddie, DeBoer, he’s, , feckless, Joe, deBoer Organizations: Social Justice Movement, , Black
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