Bernie Sanders speaks on police brutality & mass incarceration BlackLivesMatter

[heaven05]

50. I did listen,

completely, even the Q&A, this morning. My comments are on the OP I started on the Bernie forum board. Policy speech. Bernie economic issues with not much else. 99.999% related to economic issues and what he would like to try to accomplish as POTUS in regard to those issues. SSI expansion, free college tuition, student debt relief, and much much more that I agree with. You can read my remarks and let me know..... I like Bernie above all the democratic candidates that are too cozy with the bankers and corporatists or just so rich they couldn't relate to living on 40 dollars after rent and food, for a month. I just hope I can hear specific policies aimed at trying to eradicate the racial hate and more money is not the cure all magic bullet that so many tout, here and other places.

Black people have been on television, in movies and films as principled human beings with family values, integrity, principle, loyalty and I know many everyday real people of color who have those values as priority also, so people have had a chance, since Uhuru(startrek) to be exposed to the black people and culture and accept POC as equals and most POC know that they are just as good as any other race and don't need anyone telling them that. Just accept. Black POTUS, Joint Chief of Staff, military leaders of soldiers, many AA soldiers, men and women have died for this 'democracy'. We've worked and struggled along side every other race and culture yet many, many people, with the help of the lies perpetrated by a fox news or RW hate radio hate us for our skin color only and the 'threat' that minorities represent to white racist to be on top of the american racial totem pole. That privilege is sacrosanct to them and they will kill to maintain that privilege. How stupid.

I am wishing idealistically here, because I know that racism will never be eradicated in this country, but if enough people of stature, leaders, speak of how ignorant and stupid racism is, maybe, just maybe one day, the racist bundy types, casebolt types, zimmerman types will think twice before shooting and abusing POC and can be permanently ostracized and marginalized if they choose not to accept all human beings as equal. Thank god for video phones. I'm renewing my passport, just in case 2016 turns out ugly....