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V0ltairesGh0st

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17. Can we focus on more than just race and racism ....please.

Thu Aug 13, 2015, 06:06 PM

Aug 2015

It's time we ALL step back from our own hotpoint issues and focus on the rest of the issues that Bernie is has been so successfully bringing back to the forefront of a progressive revolution in America. Imagine a better congress, house and senate. Also, it's not all just about Bernie (he'd agree i know ) It's about supporting the democratic house and senate races in 2016 as well. As progressives and liberals WE MUST push back at the disastrous 2014 midterms.

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PoC do not worry about attending a Bernie rally. [View all] retrowire Aug 2015 OP

Do you have a link? Because I can truly say that all the Bernie supporters I know do Cleita Aug 2015 #1

i updated the op with the link n/t retrowire Aug 2015 #3

I don't think that DUer is a Bernie supporter. eom Cleita Aug 2015 #6

either way retrowire Aug 2015 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author questionseverything Aug 2015 #9

Not based on the color of their skin JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #10

True ... I'm am not a Bernie supporter ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #15

Or agent provocateurs. You can't tell the difference. nt valerief Aug 2015 #16

... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #19

With Ferguson, for example, do you really doubt their existence? They're everywhere. valerief Aug 2015 #22

Okay ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #23

I don't know about that. I avoid those beating-up threads. There are too many real valerief Aug 2015 #31

Do you know where the term "outside agitator" comes from? joshcryer Aug 2015 #36

I'm talking about agents pretending to be protestors who incite valerief Aug 2015 #39

I'm saying they chose that name... joshcryer Aug 2015 #40

Sorry, I did not realize this was in the AA group. djean111 Aug 2015 #2

I've been told this before retrowire Aug 2015 #4

At risk of getting a hide (Group Host) JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #12

I don't understand the sudden interest in this, heretofore, obscure group where largely ignored..... Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #13

BLM has raised the profile of visible minority issues everywhere...what a good thing it has been. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #18

We stand together in Solidarity. azmom Aug 2015 #5

Well, there's only been three 20,000+ rallies since then jeff47 Aug 2015 #8

This post (Group Host weighing in here) JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #11

Well, where was I? retrowire Aug 2015 #24

As a white person JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #27

You're right, I know what you're saying. retrowire Aug 2015 #30

I don't think it's the young people that are a problem giftedgirl77 Aug 2015 #28

Haha, thanks for the mercy. retrowire Aug 2015 #32

It's not a fear, more like a jolt of anxiety & self awareness. giftedgirl77 Aug 2015 #33

Imagine it being reinforced on a daily basis then for a lifetime if 1 post gives you a sad!! Person 2713 Aug 2015 #34

the newest "thing" to claim is that Sanders supporters are just waiting to go after Black blood MisterP Aug 2015 #14

Pramila Jayapal, WA State Senator, says the (mostly white) Westlake crowd turned ugly. pnwmom Aug 2015 #37

Can we focus on more than just race and racism ....please. V0ltairesGh0st Aug 2015 #17

Sorry, but that kind of is a focus in this group....your kind of post is what the Group Hosts are warning of. Fred Sanders Aug 2015 #20

This is the African-American group, a protected space. Starry Messenger Aug 2015 #21

My husband got stopped very recently for DWB. Scared the hell out of both of us....... nc4bo Aug 2015 #25

No, we can not stop talking about race & racism. giftedgirl77 Aug 2015 #26

Please note JustAnotherGen Aug 2015 #29

Stop focusing on "race & racism" in the "Race & Ethnicity" Group? Really? Did you get lost? Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #35

LOL ... 1StrongBlackMan Aug 2015 #41

Ain't that some scary ass shit? I don't think "ally" means what they think it means. Does this mean Tarheel_Dem Aug 2015 #42

Did you forget and think you were posting in the Bernie group? This IS the place to discuss race pnwmom Aug 2015 #38

i get a feeling from some don't want certain types of people on Sanders side JI7 Aug 2015 #43