Waleed Shahid

Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid

@NickRiccardi I don't know about polling figures but anti-lynching legislation was certainly the dominant demand of civil rights organizations throughout the early 20th century. It did not become a priority for white liberals or left-labor in the Democratic Party until the 1936ish. — PolitiTweet.org

Waleed Shahid @_waleedshahid

@MarcACaputo @NickRiccardi I disagree with the conclusion of the piece largely because of this. One could take a study like this before the Civil War and conclude that because many white northerners were against slavery that the problem wasn't "race itself." It doesn't work like that! — PolitiTweet.org