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JaneyVee

(19,877 posts) Mon Jul 20, 2015, 07:23 PM Jul 2015

#BernieSoBlack creator explains why he's so frustrated with Sanders's supporters [View all]

By Sunday, the rift between Sanders supporters and critics had gotten contentious. Roderick Morrow, a 36-year-old podcaster and comedian in Charlotte, North Carolina, pulled up a tried-and-true coping mechanism: the joke hashtag. #BernieSoBlack ended up trending nationally and fed a continuing controversy about whether Sanders and white progressives are taking racial inequality seriously enough.

Vox spoke to Morrow on Sunday evening about why he wasn't impressed with Sanders or his online fans, and whether he thinks the campaign and the progressive movement is responding to the demands of black progressives.

Link: http://www.vox.com/2015/7/20/9005855/black-twitter-bernie-sanders

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#BernieSoBlack creator explains why he's so frustrated with Sanders's supporters [View all] JaneyVee Jul 2015 OP

As I said when 1SBM posted it, it's a good read. Scootaloo Jul 2015 #1

Sorry, is it a duplicate? JaneyVee Jul 2015 #2

he posted it in the AA group, so no n/t Scootaloo Jul 2015 #6

Yeah, he can do better HassleCat Jul 2015 #3

He scheduled a meeting with them just for that reason. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #4

Yah well they seemed to have perfectly normal meeting with O'Malley. Agschmid Jul 2015 #18

O'Malley didn't have a rally scheduled later. HooptieWagon Jul 2015 #20

Where was Hillary? RobertEarl Jul 2015 #5

Someones gotta raise money for the Democratic party. JaneyVee Jul 2015 #7

Whaaaat a stretch. Agschmid Jul 2015 #19

Guess Roderick missed the nearly thousand Moral Monday protesters arrested... WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2015 #8

You're comparing white progressives who were arrested, sufrommich Jul 2015 #9

comparing... Kalidurga Jul 2015 #10

Why was it brought up then? nt sufrommich Jul 2015 #11

I don't care why. Kalidurga Jul 2015 #12

You accused me of stretching the post into a lie. sufrommich Jul 2015 #13

They were arrested for protesting liberal causes. Kalidurga Jul 2015 #15

NO... I am not making that comparison. WorseBeforeBetter Jul 2015 #14

Just because someone says they are a supporter of Sanders does not make it so. n/t Skwmom Jul 2015 #16

"Sort of. The thing about the Bernie Sanders fans is while they're very obtuse and they don't listen Cha Jul 2015 #17

Thanks for this. LWolf Jul 2015 #21

There are a lot of us who are listening. Luminous Animal Jul 2015 #22