mid, not left. nationalist, but socialist. is not confined to the left
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homoludens@feddit.org 3 months ago
How many from the Left?
According to the list: one (Quintez Brown). Which is surprising, as the title says “Not one”.
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
renzhexiangjiao@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 months ago
despite the name Black nationalism is a leftist ideology
mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
huh. yeah. kind of a shit name, then, eh
krull_krull@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 months ago
can i ask How? (Not 'murican btw)
homoludens@feddit.org 3 months ago
AFAIK (and obviously not very nuanced): when you’re living in a colony, national independence (-> nationalism) can be considered “leftist” because it’s an increase in self-governance and self-determination. Black nationalism covers a lot of concepts and goals (and several centuries), from founding an actual independent nation (e.g. because the white supremacist society is seen as fundamentally broken) to promoting building independent structures by and for Black people, buying from Black owned businesses etc. As it is seen as a way to empower marginalized groups, it can be seen as leftist. Obviously, things can also become weird and/or right wing rather fast.
MrFappy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
He’s from a far right extremist group, just not the white nationalist one we are used to. But his views were essentially far right for the black world.