"I am sick and tired of the black community making Bernie Sanders jump through hoops"

[Chakab]

17. I'm black, and I concur with the poster that you responded to.

The nonsense about Clinton being the "first black president" is an offensive crock of shit. It was shameless pandering that they got away with in the 90s because there was no online media to call them on the race-baiting that they did to appeal to other groups while claiming affinity with the black community.

I, for one, find this hyper-criticism of Sanders on issues of race to laughable when you consider the Clinton's stance on issues that have had dire effects on the black community, like free trade, mandatory minimum sentencing, empowerment of law enforcement to engage in overaggressive policing and the deregulation of the media, which give the ability to some nasty actors to demonize minority groups non-stop and set race relations far behind where they should be at present.

The only reason that Hillary has so much so support with the black community is down to name recognition and the fact that Sanders' message has been suppressed by an unfair amount of coverage and ridiculous attacks on his character.

Remember that the Hillary had the overwhelming support of black voters in the '08 primary before Obama won Iowa, and the Clintons started showing their asses.

..and don't think that all of us have forgotten about how she tried to play "hard-working" white people and Latinos against blacks when the chips were down the last time that she ran for president.