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Showing Original Post only (View all)Just a question. (Update: Origin) Where did the idea originate that Bernie Sanders [View all]
Last edited Tue Jul 21, 2015, 07:38 AM - Edit history (3)
and all his supporters do not care about AA issues or BLM? To say the event in Phoenix I believe to be dishonest since it started before that. If you think my question inappropriate, explain why.
Attention: I want to thank everyone for their answers but I think I found the origin thanks to leveymg (my appreciation).
Here is a write up by rightwing columnist Byron York right after Bernie announced his candidacy in Vermont.
It is titled, Bernie Sanders' progressive Whitopia
Sanders' error was even more striking because of the setting. Vermont is a tiny, extremely white place, a kind of statewide version of what the writer Rich Benjamin dubbed "Whitopias." According to 2010 census figures, whites make up 95.3 percent of Vermont's population, while blacks are 1.0 percent. The percentage of black-owned businesses in Vermont is too small for the Census Bureau to calculate.
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/bernie-sanders-progressive-whitopia/article/2565077
Again, I would like to thank everyone for their input and especially leveymg.
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Just a question. (Update: Origin) Where did the idea originate that Bernie Sanders [View all]
mmonk
Jul 2015
OP
If more than a handful of not white folks showed up at any meeting in Vermont, you are not in Vermont.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#94
seems from what I've read, that Sanders actually was talking about all of this however..
2banon
Jul 2015
#133
Or maybe it's from people who recognize Bernie's speech from 50 years ago is out of date-
KittyWampus
Jul 2015
#17
Racial inequality is more than just economic inequality and they can be discussed together.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#79
I think I can agree with you that BLM may not be the best messengers. We are on the same page,
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#92
Bullshit! This is about white people not wanting to discuss racism; instead using class/economic
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jul 2015
#126
The first one was bad, but that second OP is absolutely vile, I'm glad it was hidden.
MerryBlooms
Jul 2015
#48
I think there's more to it-- maybe grievances with some Bernie supporters underneath.
MerryBlooms
Jul 2015
#69
So you think Bernie would be Bsing POC of he reached out? Or he is somehow above it all?
bettyellen
Jul 2015
#82
But they won't. Clinton events (like Republican events) are far too tightly controlled n/t
eridani
Jul 2015
#123
Yeah, their big mistake was dismissing valid questions from our Black Community on DU..
Cha
Jul 2015
#108
That's it, right there. Easier to ascribe rightwing "blame" rather than sit down, be silent, and
MADem
Jul 2015
#127
Actually, I think the view is different for Bernie, versus his DU supporters.
JoePhilly
Jul 2015
#14
The "Theme" as it was presented is that redistributing the wealth won't save black lives.
KittyWampus
Jul 2015
#20
It will save lives, but not stop racism or police brutality or institutional racism.
mmonk
Jul 2015
#21
It's so odd that people want to believe BLM is somehow manufactured or controlled
bettyellen
Jul 2015
#35
I'm starting to think some prefer conspiracy theories more than they do actually listening to people
bettyellen
Jul 2015
#81
I think initially it was a combo of his website and his stump speech both being laser focused on the
bettyellen
Jul 2015
#74
It's easier than having to face the alternative, which is the reality that they can't
MADem
Jul 2015
#128
It's a Rovian talking point and they generally come from expensive Think Tanks
sabrina 1
Jul 2015
#45
Keep clutching at that thread. It's all there is to brush away the mountain of valid criticism.
KittyWampus
Jul 2015
#38
Whoever it might work with wasn't going to be supporting the candidate anyhow. It probably is
sabrina 1
Jul 2015
#51
I'm a white guy that does not lay awake at night worrying about minority, LGBT or
brewens
Jul 2015
#57
Black parents do lie awake at night more than some more privileged folks when their minority teenagers are late coming home.
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#89
Except it doesn't preclude anyone noticing both his website and his stump apwwches were lacking....
bettyellen
Jul 2015
#135