Four ways Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to battle inequality

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54. what about racism.

I know what Bernie is and I understand the politics of socialism as applied to the capitalist system. And socialist want those policies you mentioned enacted for the social/economic welfare of all citizens. Fine and dandy. But if free education is still denied the POC because of entrenched racist values that will keep POC out of those classes-colleges because of some state legislation, that legally denies POC their right to that education, like as happened in MICHIGAN a few years back, free college won't mean a damn thing. If those free hospitals are not in the black community, not going to help the black family who has not the money for a cab and has to wait for the bus for a 30 mile round trip. Won't do a damn bit of good. "Take care of citizens". Okay I'm all for that. Taxing the rich at a fair rate, fine. Jobs creation, fine. All that given the peculiar state of racism in america will not make johnnie reb pull down his flag, will not stop johnny cop from executing and providing summary punishment and death to POC. It will not stop racists from committing church murders or burnings. What policy(s) does Bernie want to put in place to stop that? Why are you socialists so reticent in admitting that this area of american life is intrinsic to the long term growth or demise of this country, progressively and liberally?

I have been to Bernie meetings and questions such as I have posed here, causes a lot of consternation when I ask what are we going to do to get policies in place to guarantee racial justice. Always, economics and that is just plain bullshit. There is no we given the dancing around those questions cause. I am talking to people who eyes are opening in regard to the lack of importance the Bernie camp puts on racial justice as one important component of any progressive/liberal campaign in motion now.