So what is the take away from this primary...

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

22. You wrote: "The soul of the Democratic party is the African American female voter and they told you"

People here at DU will look at the number of "hides" I have and that I've been on several timeouts and suspensions. But what they won't admit is that despite their disdain for me, I and many other POC DUers have been trying to warn DUers about their arrogance. We tried to warn them that alienating black voters, talking down to them, ridiculing them, won't help their cause. They certainly have not helped Sanders, and he and his campaign, haven't helped him, either. We keep trying to tell people this, but it seems that they won't listen. But HRC is listening. She learned from her mistakes in 2008 and is now reaping the rewards by embracing black women. Sanders's arrogance has cost him when he had an opportunity to build relationships with the black community, he shunned it. And he will pay a price.

Black women have always carried the Democratic Party. We have always been the most politically active segment of the population. I'm thinking that the roots of the social and political activism is the Black Church where black women would help organize voting drives and other political events.

But I also believe that because black women were the last to receive full citizenship rights, they know what it means to be disenfranchised. When women got the right to vote in 1920, it was white women. When black men achieved the vote, black women were excluded. So it is due to the very fact that black women have been most disenfranchised that they tend to embrace the vote; they tend to be very well versed on the issues, and they also tend to be very enthusiastic supporters.

I remember it being black women who finally convinced their husbands to support Barack Obama after Iowa and going into South Carolina, even when they were worried about Obama's safety. Oprah, for instance, announced her support for the president on her show which hurt ratings, but also helped black women learn more about Obama and ultimately support him too.