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This post is also titled "Why in the flying f*ck is the Democratic Party not fighting for the disabled like they are fighting for the LGBT community?!" (Seriously, if you are lurking this subreddit and you work for the Democratic Party, then you have some explaining to do. Also, if you are lurking this subreddit and you are a Social Justice activist, then you have some explaining to do.)

I went to college during the 2010s. As you know, the 2010s is the decade when the Social Justice movement happened. Because I am disabled (I have Autism.), I was a disabled college student.

When I was in college, I faced a lot of ableism. When I attended college classes when I was in college as a disabled college student, my college professors refused to honor my disability accomodations. I also faced ableism from my college classmates.

Each time I applied for jobs as a disabled person, I was ignored by employers. I also was ignored by employers when I posted my resume on job board websites.

At the end of each day, I saw news stories on the news talking about Social Justice protests. The news stories I did not see on the news were news stories about Social Justice protests that fought against ableism.

It was all news stories about protests that fought against racism (By the way, I am black.) and homophobia. Not a single Social Justice protest I saw on the news last decade was about fighting against ableism.

Recently, after doing some thinking, I came to a realization that not a single aspect of the Social Justice movement of last decade here in the United States (The country I live in and was born in) was focused on fighting for the disabled.

We had folks screaming in the streets here about Social Justice here in the United States and not a single one of them fought for the disabled.

There is a myth here in the United States that the disabled do not face discrimination here in the United States and that discrimination against the disabled here in the United States is not rampant but statistics (a fact that there is a media blackout happening about) prove otherwise.

You very often hear & see reported here in the United States that LGBT individuals face discrimination here in our country & discrimination against LGBT individuals here in our country is rampant but you never hear & see reported here in the United States about how disabled individuals face discrimination here in the United States & how discrimination against discrimination against disabled individuals is rampant here in the United States (A disabled college student who goes to college here in the United States shouldn't have to go on Ratemyprofessors and see the words "This college professor will honor your disability accomodations. Other college professors are not going to honor your disability accomodations.".).

A while back, after not knowing so when I voted in the 2016 & 2020 United States presidential election, I found out that Bernie Sanders ran on a Disability Rights platform when he ran for president in 2016 & 2020. Let me repeat that again: A while back, **after not knowing so when I voted in the 2016 & 2020 United States presidential election, I found out that Bernie Sanders ran on a Disability Rights platform when he ran for president in 2016 & 2020.** Not a single news outlet here in the United States mentioned on the news that Bernie was running on a Disability Rights platform (Oh! And I almost forgot to say this but it wasn't just any Disability Rights platform but it was a comprehensive Disability Rights platform.).

This is the gripe I have with the Social Justice movement that took place here in the United States during the previous decade: Not a single part of it was devoted to fighting for the disabled.

Also, while we are talking about the topic of fighting against ableism, let me make something crystal clear: That Autism Speaks shit don't count as ableism. The only things Autism Speaks does is launder money from the disabled and pretend to fight for the disabled.

I don't know how a political party can fuck up big time like that (I am referring to the fact that Bernie Sanders ran on a Disability Rights platform in 2016 & 2020 as the only politician here in the United States that truly cares about Disability Rights and the Democratic Party had screwed him over.). I also to this day don't know how there are not protests on college campuses here in the United States against the ableism that takes place in college classrooms. I see other marginalized groups hold protests against the discrimination that they face on college campuses but I never see the disabled hold protests against ableism on college campuses.

I am seeing a lot of shit about LGBT Rights here in the United States but I haven't been seeing a damned thing about Disability Rights here in the United States.

The fact that the social justice movement here in the United States is not fighting for the disabled is the only gripe I have with our country's version of the social justice movement as a black Disabled Democrat (By the way, I should note that my sister is a member of the LGBT community).

Fun fact: Do you know how you have to go to work tomorrow here in our country and have to go to a workplace that most likely doesn't honor your disability accomodations as a disabled employee (The reason why I used the word "most likely" is because discrimination against disabled employees is rampant here in the United States)? Guess what? It isn't like that in the UK because the UK's government give a damn and strongly enforce workplace accessibility laws unlike our country's government (That is something I recently discovered; with that being said, if the company you work for has a division over in the UK, then their disabled employees over there are working in an accessible workplace because the UK's government give a damn unlike that DINO Hakeem Jefferies; Oh yeah, unlike our country, other countries such as Canada (a country that is ten minutes from me; I live in Michigan) & the UK treats the disabled good; the reason why the disabled are treated good over in the UK; the reason why the UK & Canada treats the disabled good is because their citizens fights for the disabled and does not ignore the disabled).

Worth a read, especially if you understand the French language

When it comes to describing you will do in the future, when is it appropriate to use « aller » and when to use the future tense?

There’s quite a race for an open seat in NY-21 and while I don’t live in the district anymore, the ad blitz has been other level. I found this website to see where both candidates’ received their funding.

This website is useful, but it unfortunately tracks battleground states and potential battleground states. The Federal Election Commission covers all the races in both the House and Senate, and tells you the candidates to whom PACs like, for example, AIPAC have donated money.