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

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

10. Much appreciated. Thank you so much for being honest and fair. You stated some points that attracted

me to Bernie Sanders in the first place. (I was a Nader supporter in both 1996 and 2000. Living in MD doesn't matter, but I do now regret that mistake.) And I'm sticking to my guns here, though. I do believe that at the very least, psychological racism, paternalism, a sense of entitlement and arrogance are at play here. I felt the same way about Hillary Clinton in 2008.

I still believe that getting arrested in 60s and participating in marches don't cut it. Substantive and *continued* work with disenfranchised communities would have been more convincing.

The fact that many black people did not know Sanders until now is a testament. Why should they learn of him just now in 2016? Had he built a substantive relationship with people of color for the 50 years that we are constantly told how much of an ally he is, things would be different. Just think: Regardless of their motives, the Clintons have spent their entire political career building relationships with the black community; creating networks of support and doing whatever was necessary to sustain those relationships over time.

I know that Bernie was representing his state of Vermont; however, even Barack Obama couldn't just waltz in overnight expecting the black community to jump onboard without him having to demonstrate what he's done for the community (whether in Chicago, NY or otherwise), AND demonstrating his ability to win. Most black voters were squarely in HRC's corner in the beginning of that campaign. Few knew who Obama was or cared.

Same with Sanders. He waits until 2016 (yeah, I know he announced in 2015) to seek out the black vote and expects black voters to just join him simply because he marched, got arrested, supported Jesse Jackson, and talk about the PIC? That's not enough. What has he done over the years to BUILD these relationships? Where was his revolution at least starting in 2000 when voters were disenfranchised and during the war, while the economy was being decimated?

Again, thank you for your honesty and for being very fair and reasonable.