Where did the idea come from that support for a second New Deal means support for Jim Crow?

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83. Not focusing on race but blacks and women make up large part of the democratic party.

Those focusing on race are those who resent their presence and leadership positions. I remember that young woman who interrupted Hillary. She was asked to let Hillary speak. That is a perfect example of taking something out context and spinning a false narrative. I am black and Killer Mike is ignorant and ahistorical. He knows nothing. Hillary was working for black people when Bernie was in Vermont chasing white flight and not civil rights. He was not embedded in the south, he was at the University of Chicago fighting to desegregate dorms. He didn't do years in the movement. Hillary has been a fixture at black events, churches and colleges and universities over the years. Listen to her Wellesley valedictory speech. She has been a presence in black communities and a witness to their struggle, not Bernie.

My point was not that. My point is that the hegemony and the general makeup of the democratic party has changed. There is an historical struggle in this country against racism and misogyny with blacks and women at the helm dating back to early American history and abolition. We are comrades in that struggle. There were always free thinking white males in and as leaders in that struggle. The party is no longer a white male hegemony and we are not going backwards. We would welcome a larger white male presence but we will not pander to white racists. We are here get use to it.