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In reply to the discussion: Bernie Sanders, NOT A RACIST [View all]frazzled
(18,402 posts)I also looked at the Vox piece, and I didn't see anything close to an accusation of racism in it.
Talking about why Sanders has focused on economic issues and hasn't often addressed race outside that framework--whether because of the makeup of his constituency or the intellectual framework he absorbed at the University of Chicago years ago .... that is in no way an accusation of racism. Everyone knows he was committed to civil rights back in the day and remains a proponent of social justice.
Those articles seemed to me about politics. If he's really in it to win it, he's going to have to address issues of race directly to black and Latino voters in new ways, not just through the lens of economics. But then, I'm not really sure he's really in it to win it (he's a realist in addition to an idealist). I think his aim is more likely to inject these (very valid) economic arguments into the public discussion ... just as Al Sharpton got in it to discuss issues of race and social justice back in 04 and 08. And that's important.
But bigotry? I did not see one shred of that kind of accusation being leveled.