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This is what happens when anti-Black language is so normalized in political discourse that it comes out reflexively, even from people who consider themselves progressive. And it doesn’t stop with her. 2/4

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It’s the host who let it pass without real pushback in the moment. It’s the commentators now rushing to reframe it. It’s the media figures excusing it as cultural ignorance rather than calling it what it is. 3/4

You can hold AIPAC and its influence to fierce account. You can disagree sharply with any elected leader’s positions. None of that requires racist language, and none of it is served by an ecosystem that keeps finding new ways to launder it. 4/4