Texas Democrat encouraged specific racial groups to come together against the common oppressor.
Democratic Texas Rep. Suggests Unity Among Ethnic Minorities This week, a video featuring Democratic Texas Representative Gene Wu gained significant attention on social media. It struck many as a candid reveal of lawmakers’ perspectives. In an episode of “Defining an American with Jose Antonio Vargas” aired on December 31, 2024, Wu, an immigrant from China, […]
U.S. and Israel as a Single Oppressor
Activist Comments on LA Protests In a noteworthy Instagram post, Isla Hirsi, daughter of Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, celebrated the recent anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles. She boldly connected the U.S. immigration enforcement efforts to the ongoing conflict in Gaza, casting both as elements of colonial oppression. “From LA to Rafa, there is one general […]
Moving away from the template of ‘oppressor vs. oppressed’
The violent campus takeover by protesters — some of them students, many not — has had the unintended effect of discrediting the premise underlying the protest. That premise is that the world is divided between oppressors and the oppressed, and that the oppressors are always evil and their victims already virtuous. It’s a premise that […]