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

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-dsa-has-seen-the-enemy-and-it-is-them/
- Published: 2026-11-10T22:31:26+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-10T23:23:58+00:00
- Original publisher: New York Post (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://nypost.com/2026/11/10/opinion/why-the-dsa-is-so-very-white/
- Topics: World

## Key points

- NYC DSA is considering an internal anti-oppression task force.
- Its membership is less racially diverse than the city.
- The opinion piece questions whether it represents working-class people.

## Summary

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.

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