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Jesse Jackson
On the political front, of course it's a zero-sum game. If it's all white males holding positions, you bring 10 women in, then it's, 'Women are coming!' Get 10 blacks and it's, 'Blacks are coming!' 'Hispanics are coming!' Zero-sum game. The seatmates migh
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Jesse Jackson is saying that in politics, when new groups like women or minorities gain positions, others see it as losing power because the total number of seats stays the same. This creates tension because increasing representation for one group feels like a threat to those who previously held those roles.
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