Please note, this is a proposal, not a passed resolution. And I have no idea how many members it would take to submit a resolution, so it could be two weirdos or have huge internal chapter support.

Edit: It appears I have started a struggle session. I apologise.

For the record, my own view on this is that it is well intentioned, but extremely poorly designed and (likely) to be poorly implemented as well. In one of my comments below, I say "I don’t think DSA, a predominantly white and PMC organization, is at all equipped to handle this in a way that doesn’t create more problems. To me, it would make more sense to have a Black socialist org be given the $ to do as they see fit, if this is a path the chapter votes on. It screams of white guilt rather than building power, and individual charity rather than mutual aid.". AFROSOC is an internal DSA org, as I understand it.

And I feel this is a textbook example of "charity vs mutual aid", with this decidedly being charity.

    • InnuendOwO [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      i mean, yeah, obviously a broader, society-wide thing would be better.

      that, uh, doesn't exist though. and i've gotta say i'm really not convinced "helping people now means we can't build something bigger and help people later!!" logically follows here.

        • InnuendOwO [she/her]
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          4 years ago

          ah, yeah, if the objection is just "this is way too hamfisted to address what it's trying to address", then, yes, absolutely agreed there

        • yeah [none/use name]
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          Does the DSA really have dues for people who can't afford them? If so, that's the main problem here.