Remember when Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez got all bent out of shape over the expression “pull yourself up by your bootstraps,” because it was not only physically impossible but also an insult to the working class? That was her way of crapping all over the notion of the American Dream.
Well, it took some time, but the New York Times found their own special way of crapping all over the notion of the American Dream. And their way isn’t just stupid, but it’s also rather racist!
A touchstone of political and social discourse, the nearly 100-year-old phrase “the American dream,” is being repurposed — critics say distorted — by Republicans of color. https://t.co/xH900zAhmX
— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 21, 2022
More from the NYT’s Jazmine Ulloa:
The Republicans relying on the phrase show the extent to which the party is diversifying its ranks and recruiting candidates with powerful come-from-behind stories. But historians and other scholars warn that some Republicans are distorting a defining American idea and turning it into an exclusionary political message.
“The Republican Party is using it as a dog whistle,” said Christina Greer, an associate professor of political science at Fordham University. “They are saying here is the potential of what you can have, if we can exclude others from ‘stealing it’ from you.”
Republicans dispute that their references to “the American dream” promote exclusion and say they are using the phrase the same way politicians have used it for decades — to signal hope and opportunity. “I think the left is far more pessimistic than Republicans are about the American dream,” said Representative Yvette Herrell, a New Mexico Republican who is Cherokee and the third Native American woman ever elected to Congress.
Where the hell do they come up with this garbage? In a literal dumpster?
The American Dream, properly understood, consists of dismantling meritocracies, creating interconnected babysitting structures for underperforming groups, erecting barriers to excellence, reimaging history as endless oppression, and subsidizing a culture of complaint.
— i/o (@eyeandoe) August 21, 2022
That tweet is facetious. Unfortunately, the New York Times is dead-serious.
Dear Lord https://t.co/fDUB7Jt2Ie
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) August 22, 2022
Ugh.
New identity just dropped: "Republicans of Color" https://t.co/HMUQRIHejz
— You Follow Scott McHale (@ScottMcHale) August 22, 2022
'Republicans of color.' https://t.co/q9hN0IpdLq
— Chad Felix Greene (@chadfelixg) August 22, 2022
"Republicans of color" is a contrived category that no one actually identifies with, and used here for the sole purpose of allowing the NYT to frame the story according to their ideology.
— Jimmy Gandhi (@jimmygandhi) August 21, 2022
Ahem:
“Critics say” = “The NYT says”
— Jay (@JCinPhilly) August 22, 2022
That’s usually how this works, yes.
The paper of record adds to its non-partisan profile. https://t.co/7LI4Qx6UIn
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) August 23, 2022
New York Times demands racist Republicans of color stop bitterly clinging to American Dream and embrace hopeful promise of 1619 Project https://t.co/xPbhGrYVOF
— Daniel Greenfield – "Hang Together or Separately" (@Sultanknish) August 22, 2022
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