Froma Harrop: Those Democratic Socialists are shockingly racist
Harrop cites Sanders’s past campaign remarks and record as examples in her criticism of the DSA.
SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYCredibility rates The Northern Virginia Daily, which republished this story. The other scores rate the article itself.
The Northern Virginia Daily is a local news publisher, while this page is an attributed column rather than a reported news article. The article identifies its author, but it offers limited sourcing for several broad claims.
- Source type — An established local news publisher, which supports a moderate-to-good institutional rating.
- Author attribution — The column is clearly attributed to Froma Harrop.
- Editorial standards — The piece is clearly opinion, so its arguments should not be mistaken for neutral reporting.
- Transparency — Some claims are attributed or quoted, but the Michigan poll and several broader assertions lack detailed sourcing in the column.
The column includes specific quotations and a poll figure, but it does not identify the poll or provide supporting documentation for several broad claims. Its openly argumentative framing and limited presentation of opposing views constrain its reporting quality.
HOW WE SCORE ↗This is a one-sided opinion column. It quotes some people who criticize or defend the policies discussed but does not offer a substantive response from the DSA figures or a competing interpretation of the evidence.
- Counterarguments presented — The column does not develop the views of those it criticizes or present their response to its central claims.
- Loaded language — Several descriptions are openly mocking or accusatory.
- Opinion vs reporting — The piece is an explicitly argumentative column.
- Source diversity — It draws on a small set of quotations and an unidentified poll.
The column uses strongly critical language about the DSA and its allies, framing them as racially performative and hostile to minority business owners. It presents little countervailing perspective.
- Language tone — The language is sharply disparaging, including descriptions such as “fashion accessories” and “little squirt.”
- Framing — The column frames the DSA and its allies as hypocritical on race and dismissive of minority-owned businesses.
- Source selection — It relies on quotations and examples that support the column’s criticism, with little response from the people criticized.
- Headline — The headline characterizes Democratic socialists as “shockingly racist.”
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Froma Harrop argues that the Democratic Socialists of America use people of color symbolically while remaining predominantly white. She cites past remarks by Bernie Sanders, a Michigan Senate poll, and a dispute over New York City’s government-run grocery plan.
Harrop contends that the DSA’s membership is 85% white and that its candidates do not have broad support among voters of color. She points to a 2019 rally featuring Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, Sanders’s 2020 primary performance and remarks about Southern voters, and a poll she says shows more Black Michigan Democratic primary voters supporting Haley Stevens than Abdul El-Sayed.
Harrop also cites William Lawrence’s criticism of Black political leaders and discusses New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s government-run grocery plan. She quotes DSA chapter co-chair Gustavo Gordillo defending the plan and argues that taxpayer-supported stores could disadvantage immigrant-owned bodegas.
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SWIPE →Cited as an example in the column’s criticism of the DSA’s approach to race and its relationship with Black voters.
El-Sayed supporter quoted criticizing Black political leaders and Democratic leadership.
The candidate Harrop says leads among Black voters in a Michigan Democratic Senate primary poll.
Sanders’s opponent in the 2020 South Carolina Democratic primary.
Criticized Sanders’s remarks about Black voters in the South.
The candidate Harrop says trails Stevens among Black voters in a Michigan Democratic Senate primary poll.
Participated with Sanders in a 2019 rally cited by Harrop.
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