In Event Honoring MLK, Bernie Sanders Comments on Race and Barack Obama Raise Eyebrows

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112. Right, I agree that that is what white people think. That's why you dismantle that premise by

ensuring people understand that they are going to take it back together from the people who took it all. Make that tired line of immigrants and people on welfare taking from the white middle class worthless, because that debunkable nonsense has no value in the context of this narrative. It is regressive. It is silly. It gets in the way of people getting theirs. "How do those with nothing have your piece of the pie? Its pretty damn plain where your piece of the pie actually went, and its high time you realize it." This of course is not what democrats typically do, because above all else, we continue to try to be conciliatory with the moneyed class. We don't want to make them the enemy.

You are right of course, that the public school system is a wreck, but I'm pretty sure Sanders isn't advocating that we don't fund these schools better and more fairly. That goes along with infrastructure. That goes along with not funneling money into charters, which hasn't exactly been a 3rd rail for democrats either. Arne Duncan liked the conversion of most of the schools in New Orleans after Katrina into charters.

My point about more money into the communities and its impact isn't idealistic wishful thinking. That is the reality of what more money does. Is it enough? Hell no! does it do all the redress? Hell no. Is it at least more of a step in the right direction than anything we are taking? Does it actually put more money in the pockets of people of color? Well yes it does. Yes it would. That little bit adds up to something. I'm not sure who is dismissing unfair hiring practices. I don't think Sanders has, but feel free to point to it.

Free health care, without question will benefit those who currently go without health care. I'm just guessing here but I'd expect that to adhere closely to poverty numbers. Yes, totally, that requires that hospitals build clinics where people live. Lets require that. Lets not shy away from free health-care because currently health-care sucks and has these black holes of coverage. That said, why wouldn't they build clinics here if hospitals had a guarantee of payment from the state? That is money being spent on actual health related care rather than on the insurance racket. So why not tap this base to get that money? is there something I'm missing here?

As to saying disproportianatley, that's just unfortunate language. I should say proportionally. Those least served deserve the most redress to that reailty. Infrastructure, you are right, should benefit everybody, though if you look at upper class white neighborhoods, and the rich parts of the city, infrastructure is not being ignored.