I only get into trouble on DU when I try to get to what's real.

[TheKentuckian]

333. That actually breaks down close to the beginning because the progressive candidate isn't mostly the

white favored candidate even if virtually all of their support is white because you start out with effectively a whole white party with some tokens that are usually among the most radical and then you have the "centrist" Democrats who also set out to appeal to big chunks of white people and while blacks may well be more conservative than consistently high levels of support for Democrats would make an outside observer might think it isn't some outreach campaign to blacks because most aren't "conservative" in the cut taxes, less regulation, cut social spending, defund the government, more wars, more surveillance, though I think there is a dangerously counterproductive "tough on crime" ideal that helps some ugly chickens to come home to roost in a vicious cycle BUT pro abortion as can be and pro gay? No, that is all also about appealing to whites as well.

Hell, even if leftwing populism is also built to appeal to whites it is unsurprising because that is what happens across the board and also not particularly bothersome as it is appealing to them to actually join a movement that isn't mostly about a net negative losing proposition with lots smiles, singing and clapping in a church, and when the governing starts being destructive nor worse unmitigated disaster of the delusionally racist with a similar overall policy agenda but pressing the very worst parts to appeal to racist while getting to be racist fuck while in an official capacity.

I think within the Democratic party though too much is about lip service and too little to the policies and outcomes. I also care less about demographic diversity of staff than consistent dreck that comes out the kitchen all that diversity and we get the same old shit getting a little worse all around all the time? All that is doing is deflecting from the lack of diversity of thought or more much of any at all other than political machinations to execute the same tired and failed game plan yet again.

I also get you aren't going to attract people who want to stick as close as possible to the establishment in their careers and maybe work the revolving door at some points if you are all about fighting it and come from a state with those kind of internal numbers to draw from and big percentages of black staff is going to be tough though going national should help though I think there some talent availability issues that are baked in, working for someone outside the mainstream on the left means potentially closing some doors on yourself and if you have a career of swimming upstream ahead most will tend to shy away.