The article critiques progressive politicians, particularly Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, for using historical narratives of black suffering to promote their political agenda. Baraka equates modern immigration issues with the enslavement experiences of black Americans, suggesting a shared plight. However, the article argues that such rhetoric ignores the adverse effects of illegal immigration on working-class black Americans today, who face job competition and economic challenges. The piece stresses that this exploitation compromises genuine discussions about race and policy, subsequently harming the very individuals these narratives aim to support.
No one wields dead black people more enthusiastically than a progressive ideologue bent on clotting common-sense political discussions.
Baraka...angrily compared US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to the slave-catchers of the distant past.
Using black American victim narratives to fuel his political career and progressive policy agenda - even to the detriment of working-class black Americans themselves.
Illegal immigration has directly harmed black Americans throughout this state - as people who aren't supposed to be here have taken away our opportunities.
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