GOP legislators won’t represent rural minorities, so big city and rural dems are!
It’s a nice fall Saturday in Worthington, a majority-minority Minnesota meatpacking town. Despite the nice weather outside, the church cafeteria is full of local minority citizens, democratic and labor allies, and several democratic state reps who travelled nearly 200 miles from their metro districts to listen to them.
Worthington was saved from the dead by immigrant workers, but the ghosts of the white power structure still run the town- not a single minority or immigrant council member in this town where minority folks are the majority. The police department lets ride alongs join in the takedowns and mostly makes the news for roughing up minority packing house workers, and a white supremicist school bus driver who sends his kids to what’s becoming a “desegregation academy” makes the national news. Said schools are overcrowded because said bus drivers fellow white supremicists keep voting down bond issues because they think they can chase immigrant kids away by not providing their constitutionally required public education. The town’s diversity festival is (mis)managed by a member in gooding of the white zombie establishment, but they’re planning an immigrant community center… In a hazmat site!
Fortunately our Minnesota democratic party wants no part of this white zombie power structure, so today several democratic state legislators drove near 200 miles to hear local minority and immigrant citizens concerns and were joined by several local labor and democratic party allies. Citizens told of frustration with an unresponsive local government and retaliation when they took part in non-partisan civic activities.
And it wasn’t just talk- Before and after the listening session dozens fanned out to door knock Worthington in support of a much needed bond issue to expand the overcrowded schools. There’s talk of immigrants and minority folks running for board and council seats, even the state legislature… Zombie white supremicist power structure, your apocalypse is coming!