Why did Sanders wait until we have a black president to cast blame and start his "revolution"?

[OneGrassRoot]

7. I'm hyper aware of racism...

and patriarchal authoritarianism. That said, I continue to learn about my own white privilege every day.

I'm agnostic about these two candidates. I'm trying not to be swayed by either of their supporters and pay attention to the candidates themselves. I was pretty disgusted with what was unleashed after the Seattle rally where BLM disrupted Bernie; I saw friends on the left -- friends I never would have imagined would spew racist, patriarchal, authoritarian BS do just that.

I know Bernie as a candidate has been painted with the Bernie Bros behavioral label. He is an old white dude who has lived and governed in a white, white state forever. I do wish his campaign would have reached out to non-white demographics much sooner. I'm not going to speculate as to why they didn't, as I don't know.

I wish similar things about Hillary; wish she would have done some things at the outset rather than in a reactionary campaign mode.

I've seen them both do it.

I do believe both candidates care a lot more about ALL citizens than anyone in the GOP: candidates, current politicians, and GOP citizens. Yet neither Hillary or Bernie is my ideal candidate, and there are things I dislike about both of them.

Edit to add: I am, however, DELIGHTED with both of our candidates in contrast to the GOP. Delighted, I tell ya.

All that said, to answer your question, I personally don't believe Obama or racism is involved with Bernie deciding to run for president on this revolution campaign slogan.

I think it has to do with the revolutionary vibe that has traveled the global over the last 8 years, not the least of which was our own Occupy Wall Street in 2011. I think that is what spurred Bernie to run now versus any other time. He knew he had a good chunk of the citizenry on his side right away because of his stance against Wall Street, certainly more than in previous election cycles.

Just my opinion.