2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Survey Shows the Hillary Clinton Supporters are More Racist Than Sanders Supporters [View all]UMTerp01
(1,048 posts)First of all, who said that more Bernie Sanders supporters were racist? What I have pointed out is being sick of the lecturing from Bernie Sanders supporters about why the overwhelming majority of Black voters have chosen to support Hillary Clinton. As a matter of fact, I wouldn't doubt that Hillary Clinton's supporters may be more racist. Lest we forget the 2008 campaign and a lot of racist comments coming from her supporters about then Senator Obama. So the result of that survey doesn't surprise me.
What has bothered me is this sort of elite white liberalism tinged with racial overtones that somehow White liberals need to be telling Black folk about "Stockholm Syndrome" and "MississippiBurning" hashtags after Hillary had overwhelming Black support in the Mississippi. But neither of these can be put on the candidate (although Bernie has been dismissive of the southern vote, which was heavily African American).
But still...the topic here is racist supporters and that can't be put on Bernie Sanders nor Hillary Clinton. Because more Blacks are supporting Hillary of course there is going to be more commentary about the lack of Black support for Bernie Sanders and therefore this implication that Bernie supporters are just a bunch of racist White people. Not the case. You don't hear it talked about with Hillary's folk because she has the majority of Black votes. So while I hear what this vlog guy is saying I don't see how one candidate having more racist supporters has anything to do with why African Americans chose Hillary Clinton in overwhelming fashion to Bernie Sanders. But hell yes there are plenty of racist Democrats. In other shocking news, water is wet.