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Every white guilt-ridden liberal’s dream come true.

Via The Root:

… One issue that was brought up about the difficulties surrounding cohesiveness was the battle over Latino identity when it comes to white vs. black. Garza said she sees a push to whiten the Latino identity, something Tometi calls a tactic to keep ethnic-minority communities oppressed.

“How are they going to use and pit different communities against each other in order to undermine our power?” Tometi said.

The pair said they are especially concerned with the 2016 national elections, in which they hope issues affecting civil rights and black lives will be front and center.

Meanwhile, Garza said she is looking for more “white co-conspirators” to help with unification efforts. “I think we spend a lot of time figuring out how to move white people, and just because of the social power dynamics, I don’t think that we’re best positioned to do that,” Garza said. “I think other white folks who are invested in dismantling systems of oppression are best positioned to engage with other white people.”

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