NYC socialists discover they’re overwhelmingly white — now they want an ‘anti-oppression’

NYC socialists discover they’re overwhelmingly white — now they want an ‘anti-oppression’ task force to fix themselves


New York City’s Democratic Socialists of America have a problem.

Apparently, there are too many white people in their organization.

And what do socialists do when confronted with a problem?

Naturally, they propose creating a task force.

Not just any task force, mind you. An Anti-Oppression Task Force, complete with diversity training and a mission to confront oppressive practices inside one of the country’s most prominent socialist organizations.

The proposal comes after the group discovered that its membership doesn’t particularly resemble the diverse working-class population it claims to represent.

An internal survey found that 60% of participating NYC-DSA members identified as white. Only about 34% of New York City residents identify as white.

That’s quite a demographic difference for an organization that makes racial and economic equity central to its political identity.

And here’s where the story gets even more interesting.

The same Democratic Socialist movement that helped elect Mayor Zohran Mamdani and several progressive lawmakers is now confronting accusations that its rank-and-file membership is disproportionately white, and that some prominent leaders come from privileged backgrounds.

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