Guys, after seeing the Sanders supporters show their royal hineys in CaliDem's OP

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163. The thing is, that's a lovely sentiment. It really is

A campaign focused on issues of inequality and the power of the wealthy, he argued, can convince people Democrats will fight for them again.

If we can get all of the downtrodden, stepped on wretches to be on the same side, then we'll be able to unite in ways that will have the powerful and rich quivering in fear. That's a great and grand way to look at things.

Unfortunately, it has very little bearing in reality, particularly in non-homogenous cultures where the wants and needs of one particular culture have been placed above all others and they have been brought up to believe in EVERY SINGLE MEASURABLE WAY that they are superior to everyone else.

This is why there are social and economic movements in this country and there are minority sub-groups in just about every one of them. The feminist movement. The gay rights movement. Hell, I've learned recently that the disability movement even has black and other minority subgroups. And this is not done as a way to "divide," this is a way for minorities and poc to try to ensure that our issues will even be ACKNOWLEDGED let alone addressed by the mainstream cultures which have traditionally not only NOT acknowledged or addressed our issues, but in some cases have been openly hostile to them.

I think it's kwassa that has posted some really amazing information on the things that black folks within the labor movement had to go through to even have their issues acknowledged. And these folks hollering about the New Deal forget that this was yet another in a long line of initiatives to address the poor and downtrodden that didn't even consider the unique circumstances of people of color.

So, if the efforts to address our stuff is considered "divisive" because we have all seen first, second, third and 52nd hand how our issues get ignored, minimized, dismissed or "absorbed" into other issues (where they are then subsequently ignored) then I'm okay with being divisive. Hopefully Sanders realizes this kind of talk only appeals to a very narrow type of supporter and is not a particularly effective strategy for winning over the Obama Coalition.