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In reply to the discussion: Why did Sanders wait until we have a black president to cast blame and start his "revolution"? [View all]highprincipleswork
(3,111 posts)I was commenting in the African-American group in the first place. I mean, I am not African-American, and though I'm not a big fan of the private groups, I really do wish to respect what goes on in here. So, please forgive me for ramming around a bit in here with my mouth.
That said, the split that has apparently developed between the POV of "White Liberals" and Black Democrats is really disturbing, to me at least. I mean both parties are seeing seismic shifts in coalitions, and I definitely feel caught in the middle. Perhaps it's understandable to the compassion of Black Democrats that White Liberals could actually feel quite dumbstruck that our two groups don't apparently share the same beliefs right now as to what are the major issues, who is Liberal or Progressive, and who can most successfully lead he charge to victory and to successful implementation. anymore. And the powers that be don't necessarily make that easy either.
So, surely I will always support the fight against racial injustice and for racial equality. I am appalled at the racism that has surfaced against President Obama and against PoC citizens throughout the country.
At the same time, I am also concerned about my own self, as we all should be, and my survival depends on taking care of the economy, wealth inequality, staying out of senseless wars, having a decent means of supporting myself or getting legitimate help from Social Services, free and fair and verifiable elections, doing something immediate and strong about the real threats of Climate Change. These are issues that really, really concern me, and I believe Bernie has a better program and POV on all of these.
So, it's really an awkward time, particularly when people have really different and strong views as to who is best and where the Democratic Party should go from here..
Thanks again for your tone with me. I truly appreciate it, and believe we will need plenty of goodwill to handle the final coming together with party unity, whatever form that may take.