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.

  • marxisthayaca [he/him,they/them]M
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    It’s not even that it’s not a lot of money, it’s not scalable towards anything resembling reparations for slavery, it’s not even on a path where you could begin making steps in the right direction

    It doesn't have to be a lot of money, I don't think it is meant to replace government reparations. And you do not know for sure that it is a step in the wrong direction. Getting a small payout from AFROSOC that meets the bus fare to the meetings, or the bus fare to the protest, or the gas to drive my comrades from jail, could make the difference between a Black comrade showing up or falling through the cracks. Making rent could be the difference between having a housed comrade in good mental health or a houseless comrade you can no longer reach, or they are now in jail, or killed by cops. Money makes this world go around. A small amount can be the thing that puts people above a mental-breakdown that week. You don't know for sure.