We cannot concede cultural commentary to the far right (Pluto: otherwise titled as "Crisis of culture in the U.S." on cpusa.org)

cross-posted from: hexbear.net/post/1976670

Check it out. Also:

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“George Bush doesn’t care about Black people.” These were the words of famed rapper Kanye West during the 2005 nationally televised telethon benefit for victims of Hurricane Katrina. In this notorious quote, Kanye expressed a popular conception of the Bush administration for a whole generation of people. How is it then, that less than 15 years later the same Kanye West — son of a Black Panther who had previously made commentary on racism in the U.S. — would go on a national tour professing his love for Hitler? Even more recently, beloved star in the Black community, Nicki Minaj, cozied up to Ben Shapiro after rapper Megan Thee Stallion blasted her for misogynoir. Both of these instances illustrate the right’s newfound investment in popular culture in response to young people, people of color and the LGBTQ community’s increasing acceptance of socialism.

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Kanye was the son of a Black Panther?! Holy shit…

Anyway:

It’s only a few paragraphs long and is for a pre-convention discussion (since CPUSA is in discussion period for our democratic process).