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In reply to the discussion: How not to treat your allies [View all]BumRushDaShow
(169,957 posts)Some candidates are discussing one of their major issues and what might be done to deal with it -
Clinton -
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/fivepoints/hillary-clinton-race-criminal-justice-reform
Webb -
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/01/politics/jim-webb-hillary-clinton-contrast/
O'Malley -
http://www.cnn.com/2015/07/31/politics/martin-omalley-criminal-justice-reform/
Sanders -
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2015/07/30/sanders-focuses--racial-justice-reform/30891827/
Oh and as a side note - BLM is the "SNCC" of the 21st century. Note that SNCC practices were roundly rejected by the "establishment" black organizations like the NAACP and SCLC and were considered "radical". And the organization was once lead by the famous (or infamous) Stokely Carmichael. John Lewis was one of those youngin's back then in SNCC and decided to go a different path.
You can thank Stokely and the "radicals" for the Black Power Movement - and essentially kickstarting the shift from the use of the term "Negro" to "black", which eventually evolved into "Afro-American" and then "African American".