Can we give decent burial to the meme that Bernie Sanders didn't appeal to black voters.

[JCanete]

108. they as one uniform block of people? I'm sure there were some people who aren't happy about

Sanders suggesting that, and even some that still like Sanders in-spite of not liking that he said that. I don't think that would the most important basis to choose one's candidate for President for most people. While I'm totally willing to concede that there was work being done making sure people knew he had said this, and that pictures of him getting arrested were of somebody else, etc., this was in-fact the way that the Clinton favoring wing of the media wanted to introduce him to the black community, because it WAS an introduction. For the most part, Sanders name recognition was still pretty shitty up to the South Carolina primary, and most people were still just unfamiliar with him. You can accept that fact without us pretending we know what the response would have been had they had time to get familiar with him before casting their ballots, but at least one poll suggests that Sanders name isn't mud among the black community at large, today.