The very first "Black Democrat" listed in this @Zachary Warmbrodt Politico article is Rep. Gregory Meeks (D - NY), who Citizens for Ethics has called "One of the Most Corrupt Members of Congress". Off to a great start, Zach! LOL https://twitter.com/politico/status/1302955526171566084">https://twitter.com/politico/...
The next person named in the article is Roger Ferguson (his Wikipedia page is here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_W._Ferguson_Jr.)

Roger">https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roge... is the CEO of TIAA, which was the subject of a whistleblower lawsuit in 2017 (here: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/business/the-finger-pointing-at-the-finance-firm-tiaa.html)

He& #39;s">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/2... also a board member of General Mills & Alphabet.
The next two names, John Rogers & Mellody Hobson, are co-CEOs of Ariel Investments, the largest minority-owned mutual fund firm.

Ariel Investments LLC. serves United Airlines, ChevronTexaco, WalMart, & Pepsico (https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤑" title="Gesicht mit Geld-Mund" aria-label="Emoji: Gesicht mit Geld-Mund">). It also handles the California St. Teachers& #39; Retirement System.
The next "Black Democrat" urging Biden to cozy up to Wall Street named in the article is Paul Thornell.

Paul was a lobbyist for Citigroup during Obama& #39;s administration, according to OpenSecrets (here: https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=17467)
Here& #39;s">https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving... his current job: https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/firms/summary?cycle=2020&id=D000022111">https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-l...
Then there& #39;s Nicole Venable, who acknowledges in the article that it& #39;s necessary to make deals with the devil to advance a political career (I& #39;m assuming specifically for minorities.) I& #39;d say that rings true for a lot of white people as well, but it sounds about right.
Speaking of Nicole, here& #39;s her employment history as a lobbyist (oh. She& #39;s a lobbyist by the way. Forgot to mention that. https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving/rev_summary.php?id=36238)

Her">https://www.opensecrets.org/revolving... current employer, Bockorney Group, has 32 clients (here: https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-lobbying/firms/summary?id=D000021875&cycle=2020.)">https://www.opensecrets.org/federal-l...
The article mentions Aaron Klein next, who not only is a fellow of the corporate think-tank Brookings Institution...also looks a bit...pale? Maybe that& #39;s racist. I& #39;m sure he& #39;s as black as Wesley Snipes, and I& #39;m just missing something. https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤷🏻‍♂️" title="Achselzuckender Mann (heller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Achselzuckender Mann (heller Hautton)">
This right here is the crux of the progressive argument, though. Thanks for including it, @Zachary.

Something US liberals and conservatives are both extremely guilty of is the tokenization of minorities and use of their identities to perpetuate our white, patriarchal oligarchy.
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