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In reply to the discussion: Calling out candidates who don't directly address issues important to blacks isn't charging racism [View all]ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)and read every word of your Ferguson commentary. But I don't feel like you're giving Bernie a fair chance, he's only just begun his campaign.
I will be listening tomorrow to see if you call and ask him directly about his policies regarding POC and their issues.
[blockquote style="background:#eeeeee;padding:10px;"]The election of Obama, the first African-American president, is a sign of the nations progress in the past half century, Sanders said. But we also know that much more needs to be done. Today, African American unemployment is double the national average while African American household income is $17,000 less. The struggle for racial and economic justice continues, Sanders said.
http://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sanders-in-selma-says-civil-rights-struggle-continues