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In reply to the discussion: Those who look to the New Deal as a possible model for Democratic economic policies in this era... [View all]Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)I get it that you were just trying to defend Bernie here, but you may be to young to remember the freedom movement era in the Sixties, and all the long years of Jim Crow before that, when white "allies" of blacks told black people, over and over again, through slavery and then through eight decades of Jim crow to "be patient", that other things had to come first.
It is the WORST thing a white person presenting her or himself as an ally in the anti-racist cause can possibly say to a black, Latino, or Native American person, or that a man who claims to be pro-feminist can say to women, or that a straight person can say to an LGBTQ person.
I respect your passion, but please study up on American history before you post further on anything remotely connected to race or identity.