2016 Postmortem

yardwork

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59. Ha! Incredibly racist OPs with hundreds of DU recs show otherwise.

Thu Jun 9, 2016, 11:26 AM

Jun 2016

Incredibly racist emails I received in real life - including attacks on my Latina wife - show otherwise.

And the continued effort to shut down the voices of POC here on DU show otherwise.

As a white girl, I learned long ago that you can't go into a community organizing meeting and start out by telling everybody else in the room what they think and what they're allowed to say.

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NPR: California results confirm that minorities are supporting Hillary over Bernie in large numbers [View all] Cali_Democrat Jun 2016 OP

This message was self-deleted by its author Ken Burch Jun 2016 #1

I think we're celebrating how well Clinton has done Codeine Jun 2016 #2

No. Shemp Howard Jun 2016 #4

are you for real?... chillfactor Jun 2016 #77

The NPR article is responsible and balanced, Hortensis Jun 2016 #78

It's been used as an attack line against Bernie the whole time. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #6

not to mention how she did it divide and conquer azurnoir Jun 2016 #9

She set us back 50 years! peace13 Jun 2016 #26

if by "us" you mean the Democratic party then being set back 50 years might not be such a bad thing azurnoir Jun 2016 #34

Aaa...no... I mean the American People! peace13 Jun 2016 #35

It's an article about how demographics effected the voting results KingFlorez Jun 2016 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author Ken Burch Jun 2016 #21

No, I won't cut it out. KingFlorez Jun 2016 #27

No stop yourself stop the blackmail stop telling us how to act upaloopa Jun 2016 #31

Why did his campaign decide not to go after black voters in the early southern primaries? brush Jun 2016 #37

The campaign never decided that. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #40

Wasn't it Weaver who said that they didn't really compete in the early primaries? brush Jun 2016 #54

He did make that claim leftynyc Jun 2016 #57

It's hard to figure out what really happened in the early primaries brush Jun 2016 #58

Have you guys ever stopped to think that it's your paranoid fear and knee jerk defensiveness when Number23 Jun 2016 #39

We know we could have done better among POC. What I'm saying is there's no reason Ken Burch Jun 2016 #41

If black people and Democrats want to bring it up then we will BRING IT UP. You have no right to Number23 Jun 2016 #45

We tried everything we could. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #46

If you worked half as hard on LISTENING as you do being patronizing and obstinant, you'd be Number23 Jun 2016 #48

This message was self-deleted by its author Ken Burch Jun 2016 #49

The ANGER comes when people like you rush in to tell us to shut up!!! What EXACTLY about this is Number23 Jun 2016 #51

Bernie the one who when asked if race relations would be better under him than Obama? CreekDog Jun 2016 #52

I hadn't heard of that quote. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #53

here's what he said CreekDog Jun 2016 #56

Thank you, 23. They've always done that.. and even though it Never works they Cha Jun 2016 #75

The analysis of California so of course people are going to dissect it.... bettyellen Jun 2016 #61

This message was self-deleted by its author Ken Burch Jun 2016 #69

Wow wow wow, Ken. The lesson for you would be to stop being so rude when expecting someone to read bettyellen Jun 2016 #71

I just meant to say: I get it that critique is justified. Not sure why there still seems to be rage Ken Burch Jun 2016 #72

Stop telling us how to act. upaloopa Jun 2016 #30

Why bother still attacking Bernie on this, though? Ken Burch Jun 2016 #32

Or... Sanders overly homogenized message didn't reach the dem base? tia uponit7771 Jun 2016 #62

Wherever you read that myth, it didn't come from me... Blue_Tires Jun 2016 #70

K&R texstad79 Jun 2016 #3

That accusing a civil rights organizer of not caring about racism will cost the guy POC votes? Ken Burch Jun 2016 #23

You know what, Ken? bravenak Jun 2016 #28

Why does the Cornell West thing matter more than anything else? Ken Burch Jun 2016 #33

Because it shows how insensitive people can be. How they never care when we say that is offensive. bravenak Jun 2016 #36

Bernie has always supported affirmative action programs and programs to deal the effects of racism. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #42

No. It is not enough that she won bravenak Jun 2016 #47

Yes, that's the reasonable reading of events alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #5

OK. HRC carried POC. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #10

That's directed towards me? alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #13

It's directed towards this whole thread. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #15

Um, OK alcibiades_mystery Jun 2016 #17

it seems that right up until shortly after the Southern Primaries we saw the M$M run azurnoir Jun 2016 #16

Absolutely. And there were the claims that Bernie was lying about his civil rights involvement. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #20

yes there was it was palpable and obvious IMO azurnoir Jun 2016 #22

Bernie wrote off the minority vote in March. nt LexVegas Jun 2016 #7

Never. He tried hard to get it, and slowly increased his support. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #14

I Feel like the race mem came from the Hill camp and was broadcast by the media. peace13 Jun 2016 #24

And now, when they need unity, they're doing this AGAIN? Ken Burch Jun 2016 #25

The Hill people here want to continue to goad until the16th... peace13 Jun 2016 #29

I feel like there's little sense of self reflection on Sanders strategy of NOT competing for black uponit7771 Jun 2016 #64

He was campaigning there for weeks. How was that NOT competing? Ken Burch Jun 2016 #65

That was SC, again... sc is a state not state(S) uponit7771 Jun 2016 #66

He had organized efforts in other states, too. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #67

Not to the size it should've been we know this already, his operations in the "southern states" uponit7771 Jun 2016 #68

No he didn't, Weaver and Divine OPENLY ADMITTED to not competing in the "Southern States" twice uponit7771 Jun 2016 #63

I am very proud of how well Hillary did. She and her team are ... NurseJackie Jun 2016 #8

Of course they are... DemocratSinceBirth Jun 2016 #11

Not "are supporting" but "overwhelmingly supported" geek tragedy Jun 2016 #12

The irony of it all. peace13 Jun 2016 #18

not much of a revolution if it all hangs on Bernie winning. If Hillary becomes president, qdouble Jun 2016 #50

She is against everything I listed. peace13 Jun 2016 #55

Yes, when will people of color and women educate themselves? qdouble Jun 2016 #60

Those same folks are also going to lead us to victory in November. DCBob Jun 2016 #38

Fine. We all respect and value POC voters. We all always did. n/t. Ken Burch Jun 2016 #43

Ha! Incredibly racist OPs with hundreds of DU recs show otherwise. yardwork Jun 2016 #59

Excellent point, DCBoB.. Thank you! Cha Jun 2016 #76

K&R Starry Messenger Jun 2016 #44

That's too bad...n/t TCJ70 Jun 2016 #73

Well, yeah! I knew.. they love her just like I do! Did you see how many Cha Jun 2016 #74

POC, women , LGBT, the disabled, apcalc Jun 2016 #79