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yardwork

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35. But that's not what Bernie said.

Tue Mar 8, 2016, 08:29 AM

Mar 2016

I'm also white, and when Trayvon Martin was killed I kept thinking about my son who always wore a black hoodie, but was far less likely to be targeted because he's white. It made me angry and sad. So let's talk about racism.

But Trayvon didn't live in "the ghetto." He and his racist killer lived in the same neighborhood.

In fact, Trayvon seems to have been murdered precisely because his professional-income dad could afford to live in the neighborhood, making Trayvon a target for the killer.

Bernie may have misspoken, but he doubled down the next day. He seemed to say that the experience of African Americans is the ghetto. Not only is that insulting to the 75% of blacks who don't live in poverty, it totally misses the point that racism is a huge problem everywhere, in and out of the ghetto.

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Sanders "ghetto" remark making its way through Black media today [View all] UMTerp01 Mar 2016 OP

Post removed Post removed Mar 2016 #1

-D for poor attempt at deflection emulatorloo Mar 2016 #2

What does this mean? JustAnotherGen Mar 2016 #3

What did he say? underpants Mar 2016 #4

Here's a wee bit... OneGrassRoot Mar 2016 #5

Sweet Jesus, what the EVER LOVING fuck?? Number23 Mar 2016 #14

I know... OneGrassRoot Mar 2016 #17

It's worse than that! FrenchieCat Mar 2016 #24

I saw that. And I also saw the denizens of GDP twisting into pretzels trying to downplay his initial Number23 Mar 2016 #25

It really does damage on the one hand... FrenchieCat Mar 2016 #30

Good summary here emulatorloo Mar 2016 #6

Thanks. I had not seen this. riversedge Mar 2016 #29

This is nothing but spin from the Clinton camp CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #7

Thanks underpants Mar 2016 #8

IMHO it came off pretty tone-deaf. emulatorloo Mar 2016 #10

So the comments from black journalists and pundits is just "spin" is it? Number23 Mar 2016 #15

You're in the African American group, by the way. yardwork Mar 2016 #19

I didn't realize that I was in the African American group CoffeeCat Mar 2016 #23

This message was self-deleted by its author rbrnmw Mar 2016 #21

No, it's not "spin from the Clinton camp"... Black twitter is reacting to sanders' own words. Cha Mar 2016 #34

Here is some background. MADem Mar 2016 #20

two things....there are probably more than one 'take' on his comments reception-wise... islandmkl Mar 2016 #9

...Holy fucking shit. VulgarPoet Mar 2016 #11

This right here: Digital Puppy Mar 2016 #12

A Howard Dean scream moment... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2016 #13

for all the focus on those large rallies he would have JI7 Mar 2016 #16

I think you're right. SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #18

I cringed rbrnmw Mar 2016 #22

I'm a Sander's supporter cannabis_flower Mar 2016 #33

Yeah, it was The Traveler Mar 2016 #26

When my son was picked up by the cops I had to go to court the next day to get him out. mikehiggins Mar 2016 #28

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #32

But that's not what Bernie said. yardwork Mar 2016 #35

Bernie is a good man who's just clumsy and inexperiened in courting black voters bluestateguy Mar 2016 #27

This is the thing.. Spacedog1973 Mar 2016 #36

Message auto-removed Name removed Mar 2016 #31