It's a cowardly cop-out that Democrats often do in order to placate progressive social sensibilities without the hard commitments to actually challenging institutions of power, like capital or the military.
They advocate for greater consideration of demographics in hiring decisions, particularly at public institutions or agencies, but not "fuck qualifications, you must hire this person because if not you're a racist".
I don't think it's that big of a deal to have a mandate that a certain proportion of your corporate board include women, like that seems perfectly benign
There are mandates in other countries that a certain number of seats in their national legislatures are reserved for people from a specific ethnic group in order to ensure that they're adequately represented.
it's hilarious that Maxine Waters is held up as this, like, grand agitator and advocate for violent action when she's suggesting people go out and hold signs at protests lmao
"hold signs at protests"
>what actually happened - Republican representatives being booed out of restaurants,
"If you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out and you create a crowd. You push back on them. Tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere!""
She said that there should be "no sleep, no peace" for the people responsible who are for the separation of children from their parents that was part of the recent "zero tolerance" immigration policy. (Literally crowds harassing Trump's cabinet outside of their damn house)
Sounds like harassment and agitation to me - definitely not holding signs at protests
“Already, you have members of your Cabinet that are being booed out of restaurants,” she continued as the crowd erupted, “who have protesters taking up at their house, who say, ‘No peace, no sleep. No peace, no sleep,’” she continued.
