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Hillary Clinton

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27. Two problems with the statement, as I see it:

Reply to sufrommich (Reply #21)

Mon Mar 7, 2016, 08:33 PM

Mar 2016

1. It implies that African American = poor. Considering that something like 75% of African Americans are not poor, this is a silly thing to say. Worse, it sounds patronizing and old fashioned, hearkening to 1960s era white folks talking about "those poor black people." This is deeply offensive to millions of people - people who vote.

2. It undermines his whole campaign theme to date, which has been that race doesn't matter, it's economics. So suddenly Bernie pivots and starts talking about racism. It muddies his message.

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HILLARY GROUP. Sanders� �ghetto� gaffe ....... may have Crippled his bid for 2016 nom [View all] misterhighwasted Mar 2016 OP

Oh, I get it now, only AAs live in the GHETTO Iliyah Mar 2016 #1

Who uses "ghetto" anymore? charlyvi Mar 2016 #10

That was my first thought also. misterhighwasted Mar 2016 #12

Sanders really is stuck 50 years in the past. He has pictures! yardwork Mar 2016 #23

What term is used now? kjones Mar 2016 #20

Ghetto = Black folk misterhighwasted Mar 2016 #13

I have been waiting months for him to say something like this. bravenak Mar 2016 #2

K & R SunSeeker Mar 2016 #3

Look at the demographics of his own state of Vermont: George II Mar 2016 #4

You'd think he'd know better. Stand and Fight Mar 2016 #7

I feel like the last thing he ever read about race in the US was the Moynihan report. Starry Messenger Mar 2016 #5

I just laughed out loud. It's probably literally true. yardwork Mar 2016 #24

Right? Starry Messenger Mar 2016 #25

His understanding of racism seems to be stuck in the 1960s yardwork Mar 2016 #28

I don't think it will hurt his campaign. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #6

You miss the point. Stand and Fight Mar 2016 #9

Oh on that front, yes I agree with you. giftedgirl77 Mar 2016 #15

"The point here is that he misstepped with a key demographic that he stumbled upon time-and-time" misterhighwasted Mar 2016 #16

Exactly. Deeply offensive and out of touch. yardwork Mar 2016 #29

Stubbornly clueless UtahLib Mar 2016 #8

Not only an AA gaffe peggysue2 Mar 2016 #11

Right on the mark 72DejaVu Mar 2016 #17

And what's bizarre us that he undermined the central theme of his campaign. yardwork Mar 2016 #31

K&R sheshe2 Mar 2016 #14

It's astounding. NurseJackie Mar 2016 #18

I imagine when BS hightailed it out of Brooklyn ASAP, they were still calling it that. This speaks Tarheel_Dem Mar 2016 #19

But but he was at a sit in! There are photos! yardwork Mar 2016 #26

BS' fifty year old civil rights dossier, notwithstanding, fact of the matter is...he got the hell... Tarheel_Dem Mar 2016 #30

I'll be honest,I don't think the attacks on his ghetto comment sufrommich Mar 2016 #21

Two problems with the statement, as I see it: yardwork Mar 2016 #27

He keeps screwing up by making racially vharged comments that insult instead of inspire Setsuna1972 Mar 2016 #22