The Coffee Party

The United States government was designed to maintain power and ownership among rich white heterosexual men. It was written explicitly this way. So, I can’t be too angry or even too surprised that the system is working exactly as intended. But, if we don’t like the way it is intended to work, we actually do have a blueprint for fixing it.

After the first inauguration of Barack Obama, anger among a certain segment of the population swelled to new heights. Angry and afraid of what they perceived as the loss of their great nation, the Tea Party was formed. Over the past several years, their power grew. Out of that power and sentiment, Donald Trump emerged. He is now the next president of the United States. Like it or not, they worked together and got it done. He spoke their language. They heard his call. They came out in droves to vote for him. Good for them.

If you don’t feel like that party speaks to your needs, it’s time we do exactly what they did. I propose we start a new party. We can call ours the Coffee Party, because we will be a little darker and a little stronger. Better yet, let’s call it the Everybody Else Club. This club will have one rule. We are against the oppression of anyone. Ever. Period. This party will be all about inclusion and justice for all people. This country may have been designed to maintain power among rich white heterosexual men, but we outnumber them, so we can take it from them if we want to. But, we would have to work together. Who are we? We are the Native Americans. We are women. We are people of color. We are the LGBT community. We are Muslims and atheists and everyone in between. We are the disabled and the poor. We are all of the marginalized people of this country. If we decided to suddenly stick together at all cost, we’d be choosing the next president. We’d be running Congress. We’d be writing the laws. It would work fine, because our goal would be equality for everyone. The only people who would fight against that are the people who benefit from the oppression of others. That makes it really easy for us to identify who doesn’t belong in our club.

Dr. Martin Luther King said “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” It’s time we start remembering that. So, be mad. I get it. Sometime soon, though, let’s get organized. Somebody call a meeting soon. I’ll bring the donuts.