Pete Buttigieg breaks down DEI for everyday folks—keeps it simple without being condescending. “The opposite of diversity is uniformity. The opposite of equity is inequity. The opposite of inclusion is exclusion. I don’t know a lot of people who think we’d be better off if our lives had more... uniformity, inequity, and exclusion.” Pete Buttigieg Our problem is clear though: too many value uniformity over inclusion, and they’re the ones running the government today. 🧵show more

Let me tell you about redlining in my own family. In 1957 my grandpa, Osborne Crews, a successful chemist at Stanford research, was ready to buy in Palo Alto & wanted to purchase from the architect Joseph Eichler. Eichler wouldn’t agree to build or sell to Black folks until the 1960’s. Also at the time, Bank of America was the only major lender that would lend to Blacks. 2/5

Imagine only having one mortgage lender option. No competition for your business or competitive rates. Architect John Mackay agreed to build grandpa a house but he had to find his own lot (not easy to find someone who would agree to sell to a black man) and it could not be anywhere within the tracts designated for whites only. 3/5

So here was a case of a Black man who could afford to buy a home, but wasn’t allowed to build one where he wanted—where the property values were going to increase more. But he was one of the few success stories to come out of this because of persistence and his financial position. Now, imagine a Black man of more modest means saving enough to buy a home—only to be denied because of redlining—while a white man with the same means isn’t. The opportunity for generational wealth was systematically blocked for most Black Americans, and that injustice persists to this day. 4/5

Osborne’s home was built in Palo Alto near an elementary school. Life wasn’t easy in Palo Alto in the 50s for one of the few Black families. My mom, a young girl at the time, told me that when white parents saw her and her older brother on the playground, they didn’t want their kids to play with them. -end-

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I'm in favor of Mayor Pete holding daily news briefings. Pete, AOC. Warren. Murphy. Sanders. Crockett. Not putting our best voices at the top is irresponsible and ineffective

Racists are in charge. That is what MAGA wants.

@TheDemCoalition This morning I was remembering my first trip to Paris at age 17. Some boys trying to chat me up said, “Vous etes Americaine—c’est cool!” What made America cool? I think huge contribution to our culture from Black musicians, Jewish filmmakers and gay fashion designers.

I love listening to @PeteButtigieg talk. He is logical, stays calm and makes his points without insults or finger pointing.

Lefty pablum for short stroke intellects. All that woke b.s. is headed for the dust bin. It's too impractical to accommodate.

Journalism has failed in the US. The 10 plus years of Trump disinformation has taken a toll on facts and reality. Dems have failed democracy because they have not demanding equal time and presented those facts. Dems like Pete Buttigieg have to do more. Every day. Twice a day.