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In reply to the discussion: This groups concerns are not even on the radar with certain folks. [View all]Number23
(24,544 posts)People have posted that same "African Americans are BERRRRRNING for Sanders" video at least 5 other times on DU. Do you think there is an award for the number of times it can get posted? And I love how it is always trumpeted whenever the latest polls/articles show his support in minority communities. It's like that cherry picked MLK quote that just kept coming up over and over again like a vampire.
And the OP with some radio host castigating the black community for "making Sanders jump through hoops" is just sickening. We are "allowed" by our betters to scream about Hillary's BS during the 2008 campaign and Bill's policies on the prison industrial complex until the cows come home but ANYTHING that so much as questions Sanders and his commitment to the black community is black folks "making the man jump through hoops". I haven't seen the video and I'm not going to, but I have no doubt if that radio host could see exactly who was jumping up and down and high fiving over his video, he'd be doing some SERIOUS second guessing of himself and who his allies are.
It's been a hysterical last few days. But I have to say that the cherry on top was the folks posting Killer Mike's poorly spelled and even more poorly thought out Tweets in "refutation" of T Coates' incredibly intelligent and thought provoking piece. These people out themselves more and more by the second and adorably, they seem to be the only people that don't understand that.