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In reply to the discussion: Does anyone else get as tired of Hillary Clinton's "black church" photo ops as I do? [View all]Chitown Kev
(2,197 posts)1) The reason that I am not so hard on Sanders on this particular note is because you pretty much HAVE to pander to the black churches, at this point. The one exception that I took to that is when Sanders met with some black ministers in Baltimore, which is a hub of black activists right now.
2) Frankly, I think that the role of the black church in black political life is waaaaaaaay too powerful and I have felt that way for a long time.
Hillary might be more comfortable with the church crowd because she's one of them, actually, and that's fine.
But there is a lot more to the black community and black politics then just black churches.
That's not all Hillary's fault, actually...I do think that Hillary is more comfortable with faith communities, though...and she is public enough with it that it bothers me.