Black Millennials: "Hillary...invested in violence against Black bodies."

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124. So... it boils down to black people not being a homogenous group.

Which leaves essentially two options for non-blacks, concerning race issues:

1. Have an opinion, which implies agreeing with some black folks and disagreeing with others.
2. Withdraw from the conversation entirely.

I should add that, as a scientist, one of the things that bothers me the most about "identity politics" is that often it seems like the discussions are more about who said something and how it was being said than the actual substance of what is being discussed.

Take the Conell West thing: I had to look up the context of that infamous quote that made the rounds on DU after he endorsed Bernie. And it turns out, if one looks beyond the inflammatory vocabulary, the substance of what he said was a criticism of Obama for not being blunt enough on race-issues. And that is now a bad thing because...? Basically he criticized Obama for exactly the thing that Bernie is now (justifiably or not) being criticized for (not calling out racism enough). But we should not mention him because.... that would mean waving him around? Is that it?