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==== 🟦 Democrats: Whiteness as Benevolent Manager ====

The Democratic Party wears a progressive mask, but whiteness is deeply embedded in how it manages power.

===== ✅ How it operates: =====
* Maintains elite white gatekeeping in media, philanthropy, think tanks, and party leadership
* Performs racial solidarity through symbolism (Juneteenth holidays, DEI panels, Black VP)
* Fails to link racial justice to material redistribution, keeping white donor interests intact
* Uses Black and brown bodies for branding without structurally shifting power

===== 🧠 Function of Whiteness in the Democratic Party: =====

: Whiteness is the unspoken manager—sophisticated, self-congratulatory, and self-preserving.

It tells white liberals:
“You are the good ones. You believe in justice. Now vote blue and let the institutions keep running.”

It tells Black and brown folks:
“You’re seen. You’re included. Just don’t ask us to dismantle the foundations.”