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103. Sanders can't even call out the very real problem

Reply to Elmer S. E. Dump (Reply #70)

Tue Mar 8, 2016, 04:27 PM

Mar 2016

of white privilege without getting piled on by Clinton supporters.

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Bernie Sanders: White People Don't Know What It's Like To Live 'In The Ghetto' [View all] big_dog Mar 2016 OP

Bernie grew up in a 3 room Brooklyn apartment. putitinD Mar 2016 #1

yes he did big_dog Mar 2016 #2

That is Luxury itcfish Mar 2016 #91

He was talking about so many things CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #3

Indeed. As usual, desperate Hillfolk take a statement out of context Lorien Mar 2016 #5

PLease itcfish Mar 2016 #92

finally bernie is hitting his stride big_dog Mar 2016 #6

lol I'm on Sanders' side but that's a good one nt anAustralianobserver Mar 2016 #18

I think he's poignant. Cavallo Mar 2016 #7

excuse me!!! jbrooks655 Mar 2016 #57

Excellent point eom noiretextatique Mar 2016 #81

Bernie, I love you, but you obviously never lived in a trailer park in Appalachia Feeling the Bern Mar 2016 #4

I have to totally agree. retrowire Mar 2016 #8

Speak for yourself. I'm white and I have never lived or even been in a ghetto. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #70

Well Elmer itcfish Mar 2016 #93

Yes, the world does revolve around Madison WI. At least my world does. Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #95

Yes! itcfish Mar 2016 #96

And what are you, chopped liver? n/t Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #98

Sanders can't even call out the very real problem Svafa Mar 2016 #103

Well, we can't discuss issues when there is a SEMANTIC ARGUMENT to be had...[n/t] Maedhros Mar 2016 #106

I agree but I wouldn't call out women with kids from different dads. Cavallo Mar 2016 #13

You read into things way too much. It takes two to tango. Feeling the Bern Mar 2016 #22

I'm not trying to tango, and I would also say, I have no issue with women having children out of Cavallo Mar 2016 #25

Difference is your is a family. I knew way too many people who would date two or three times Feeling the Bern Mar 2016 #30

Many have a strange kind of double standard. Igel Mar 2016 #72

Why do people feel the need to stick their noses where they don't belong? Elmer S. E. Dump Mar 2016 #110

Bernie was answering a question about his personal 'blind spots' around race and FailureToCommunicate Mar 2016 #47

That's obviously not the context of his remark. Drunken Irishman Mar 2016 #50

Same but different, too. tazkcmo Mar 2016 #53

The difference is amount of space, in a black ghetto you have tiny apartments stacked full snooper2 Mar 2016 #56

In some older Eastern cities this may be true. Igel Mar 2016 #74

This message was self-deleted by its author Chicago1980 Mar 2016 #9

Nobody's smiling alcibiades_mystery Mar 2016 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author retrowire Mar 2016 #11

FULL context of Bernie's remarks... alp227 Mar 2016 #12

Hello Big Dog The Donald here ! Wash. state Desk Jet Mar 2016 #14

Is that a REAL illegal stuffed eagle? Cavallo Mar 2016 #21

It's a live eagle Ex Lurker Mar 2016 #24

Isn't it illegal to keep a live eagle? Cavallo Mar 2016 #26

The Eagle knew... MrMickeysMom Mar 2016 #46

Actually the eagle is very much alive. Wash. state Desk Jet Mar 2016 #27

Thank you, I didn't know any of that. Cavallo Mar 2016 #29

Yes in fact it is . Wash. state Desk Jet Mar 2016 #31

Wing injury catchnrelease Mar 2016 #32

its gonna be YUUUGE! big_dog Mar 2016 #39

Yes Big Dog, The Donald Here ! Wash. state Desk Jet Mar 2016 #45

He's right. In the broader perspective of things, white people don't. His (anecdotal) use silvershadow Mar 2016 #15

^^This^^ Gormy Cuss Mar 2016 #34

^^^Yes Lulu KC Mar 2016 #54

My thinking as well. Jews have been forced into ghettos historically. nt haikugal Mar 2016 #78

Yes. I would not judge a man whose family is from a Polish ghetto Mike__M Mar 2016 #88

talk about desperate jpb33 Mar 2016 #16

I think what he means is that a white person of privilege jfern Mar 2016 #17

ALL white people are people of privilege. It's the skin, not the money. jtuck004 Mar 2016 #20

Bernie mentioned the black congressman who didn't take cabs because they wouldn't stop for him jfern Mar 2016 #23

Yup, that's true. Major Hogwash Mar 2016 #28

The point is they don't have to be members of congress. Just you and me, with white skin, have jtuck004 Mar 2016 #35

But in the context of.... Delver Rootnose Mar 2016 #41

Yeah. Except the racism. That's on us, and the people are the only ones who can set it aside. n/t jtuck004 Mar 2016 #43

Racism has to be carefully taught at a young age and reinforced by the prevailing society. haikugal Mar 2016 #80

Yep. Which is why I say white folk can stop it any time they want to. And they are the only ones. jtuck004 Mar 2016 #84

That's true. haikugal Mar 2016 #85

That's all we can do. I dropped out of high school in a big mid-western town jtuck004 Mar 2016 #89

Again kudos. haikugal Mar 2016 #90

sometimes it's the teeth greymattermom Mar 2016 #36

All times it is racist white people, the dominant culture. Not the victim. n/t jtuck004 Mar 2016 #37

Well bluestateguy Mar 2016 #19

Cops actually believe it's their JOB to hassle black males.... Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #33

Yea once the bus I was with.. Delver Rootnose Mar 2016 #40

Imagine how they feel when they call for backup and the responding cop is black. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #42

Well it is more than.... Delver Rootnose Mar 2016 #38

If you were the wrong color in the wrong place you might still be in jail. Spitfire of ATJ Mar 2016 #44

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #48

This is why he is not getting the African American vote. John K Mar 2016 #49

Sanders dropped the ball on this question--like he has in the past. riversedge Mar 2016 #51

I love Bernie and what he stands for. However, he should know that white people ladjf Mar 2016 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author Orange Butterfly Mar 2016 #55

Please, you know damn well that Bernie is not so inept as to think that all dinkytron Mar 2016 #59

my post is misunderstood, i will pull it down Orange Butterfly Mar 2016 #61

Fair enough. In my defense, I just woke up. I will re read your post too! dinkytron Mar 2016 #63

I am a huge Bernie fan & was trying to be respectful Orange Butterfly Mar 2016 #65

I was waiting for that idiotic talking point noiretextatique Mar 2016 #82

Though I knew the intent behind the statement... iandhr Mar 2016 #58

They both should try to open a low income bank account & see how people with less money pay all fees Sunlei Mar 2016 #60

The outrage on this one .... Rebkeh Mar 2016 #62

It is a major distaction but more importantly, counter productive. Blackjackdavey Mar 2016 #75

Exactly Rebkeh Mar 2016 #77

A Lot of White People itcfish Mar 2016 #64

As the GOP Says, All Lives Matter? TomCADem Mar 2016 #73

Could Be itcfish Mar 2016 #94

No white person knows what being black feels like noiretextatique Mar 2016 #83

I would like to see Bernie win the nomination, but this won't help FLPanhandle Mar 2016 #66

I posted this before the debate. I am adding the italics now DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2016 #67

James Blake Bayard Mar 2016 #68

A blind spot is as described . . . Erda Mar 2016 #69

Spot on! You don't post often, but when you do, it's incisive. FailureToCommunicate Mar 2016 #71

Exactly right -- it takes courage and self awareness Blackjackdavey Mar 2016 #79

I guess Bernie just lost Eminem. Jester Messiah Mar 2016 #76

White poverty exists in the USA Koch Ebola Mar 2016 #86

Bravo!! lark Mar 2016 #87

Don't assume my skin color makes me uninformed Sen. Sanders The Second Stone Mar 2016 #97

I guess I missed that in the post... Cavallo Mar 2016 #101

News Flash Wash. state Desk Jet Mar 2016 #99

I think that no matter what he says will be misconstrued as racism and he needs to just quit Cavallo Mar 2016 #100

Bernie is largely correct in the bigger shame of things. White people are privileged to have silvershadow Mar 2016 #102

It won't but there is a force against him because he is a white man. Cavallo Mar 2016 #104

I agree he just needs to stop talking about it. nt silvershadow Mar 2016 #105

Oh, for the love of everything tha is holy - can you give it a REST??? n/t Peregrine Took Mar 2016 #107

I'm poor and white and never lived in a ghetto or been in one except to work ghostsinthemachine Mar 2016 #108

I am a white woman that grew up in a black ghetto... Melurkyoulongtime Mar 2016 #109

What's wrong with calling the inner city what it is? mackerel Mar 2016 #111

I do know what it is like to be poor and to live in a poor neighborhood, my skin is white. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #112

Mich. voters seem to be speaking to the issue and Sanders is hanging in there real good. Wash. state Desk Jet Mar 2016 #113