Below are some people fighting against this institutional racism that attacks an Anglo Latino for 'daring' to critique an Anglo White that he shares the stage with.
- 4/ The exchange between Castro and Biden happened organically. Castro had just barely concluded his statement before Biden interrupted him. Unlike @RepSwalwell in the first debate, the point WASN'T to make Biden's age a punchline. Castro's retort was pointed, but not planned.
5/ The response to @JulianCastro question "are you forgetting?" was so VISCERAL, not because it was inherently ageist, but b/c it was so brutally & painfully true in Biden's case, that in that moment, EVERYONE's complicity in coddling Biden was laid bare and it was unbearable.
- 6/ Yet @JulianCastro's tone and demeanor was IMMEDIATELY policed. His grit and persistence was interpreted as malevolence, his facial expression described as a "smirk" because people were projecting so much guilt and shame that they refused to see anything else.
- 7/ This projected shame, bias, and frustration eclipsed white journalists' ability to conduct a simple factcheck. It was so powerful, in fact, that they couldn't even do the due diligence of confirming that @JulianCastro was technically right!
- 8/ But, EVEN if it WAS an ageist, piece-of-s**t, desperate move...if @JulianCastro was a complete jerk...guess what: that's ACTUALLY. STILL. OKAY. Because you can do that and still make a valid f**king point. And, like Biden, he has to accept the consequences of his decisions.
- 10/ Bonus: the media has a financial interest in selling the most salacious version of this interaction. It's a debate people. Chill. #DemDebate3 @NelStamp @JulianCastro
Man, journalists are giving Julian Castro a really raw deal here. Look at the transcript. He is quite obviously right and Biden is dead wrong.
FACT: Joe Biden’s plan only automatically enrolls Medicaid-eligible (138% of federal poverty line) Americans in Medicare.
@JulianCastro’s plan automatically enrolls everyone.
- Julián Castro correctly says Joe Biden's health care plan leaves 10 million uncovered https://cnn.it/34IB079 #DemDebate
- #DemDebate: Julian Castro questions Joe Biden’s memory over his healthcare plan: “You just said two minutes ago that they would have to buy in...Are you forgetting what you said two minutes ago?” #OANN
- Just putting it out there that Donald Trump is going to be far meaner to @JoeBiden than @JulianCastro ever was tonight....
Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, and Amy Klobuchar would not be getting praised if they mirrored Biden’s performance tonight and no one would be lecturing Julián Castro on civility if he were one of the white dudes on stage making the same moves.
- Biden: “you automatically can buy into this” @JulianCastro: “Obama’s vision was not to leave 10 million people uncovered” Biden: “they do not have to buy in” The VP changed his position on stage. This is a major health care policy difference.
- .@JulianCastro was right, and yet people are bothered by HOW he reminded Biden of that. In a debate. Not about the details of the plan. Not about the number of people left UNINSURED. When it comes to style-over-substance politics, apparently different rules apply.
- I’m feeling very triggered by the notion that @JulianCastro was somehow disrespectful or had a tone during his exchange with VP Biden. It reminds me of when ppl in college said I was too emotional when I was debating policy issues that were personal to me.
You are missing the entire point. You still would have to buy into Biden’s plan (as Biden said) whereas Castro’s plan you don’t have to buy in.
Yup. So gross, all of the coddling that goes Biden's way.
- Post-Debate Analysis: Joe Biden Is a White Man, the Media Are Racist Against Julián Castro and Black People Are Out of Their Goddamn Minds https://www.theroot.com/post-debate-analysis-joe-biden-is-a-white-man-the-med-1838099542 … via @TheRoot
