The DSA has seen the enemy, and it is — them

New York City’s Democratic Socialists of America chapter is due to vote on creating an “Anti-Oppression Task Force”, amid concerns that the group’s membership does not reflect the multiracial, working-class movement it says it wants to build. The opinion piece argues that the chapter should look to its own membership and culture to understand the gap.

It cites a chapter survey showing members are about 60% white and 9% Black, compared with New York City’s population, which is 31% white and 20% Black. It also says 80% of DSA members nationwide have university degrees and nearly a third earn at least $100,000 a year, and argues that the proposed task force is unlikely to change the group’s make-up.