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71. I am sure there are some people who don't get it

even here on DU. But I think most people here do. I think there is a problem in communications here and it's causing both sides to feel "attacked" and not understood.

I just finished reading another post where a link was posted to a black woman at the NN meeting who said she felt threatened by a Sanders supporter because he kept insisting Bernie gets it because of his history of civic support.

Now I was not there and we can only go by her words, but she probably really felt that way, and I understand that and wish it hadn't happened. But what I'm feeling here from the AA community is that they think all of Bernie supporters think that only fixing the economic issues in this country will fix this racial problem that is killing blacks. No...it won't, and they have a right to scream and they have a right to disrupt meetings and debates with their concerns until they hear a message that reaches them.

I get that. I am not upset with what happened at NN. I am upset that so many people here keep insisting that Sanders supporters "don't" get it and are racist. I don't believe that either. I think part of the communication problem is that Sander's supporters know that Bernie is the kind of guy who will fight for everyone, for every wrong, including changing this damn racist system of policing and jailing and targeting and killing blacks. I understand that he hasn't been addressing this enough in his speeches, but that's only because he hasn't been talking to enough POC audiences, so he's focused mainly on the issue of economic inequality (which really will help everyone, even if it doesn't fix the race problem). See, we see the side of Bernie that has a huge heart and care about everyone. I think he might have addressed the race issue in his speech at NN if he had been allowed to talk. He wasn't allowed. You don't know what he would have said, had he had time to finish his speech.

I personally believe Sanders cares about POC a lot more than Clinton does. And because of that, and because I also care very much about POC and I strongly believe that Black Lives Matter and it needs to be shouted from the rooftops until things are changed...but I believe that people who say Sanders doesn't get it and so they will vote for Hillary, are voting against their own best interest...because he is the one that will in fact, address this issue of racial profiling and using low income black communities to fill our for profit prison system.

That's why we want to defend him so much. Because we believe the voting for him is in your best interest (not because of his stance on economic inequality or education) but because he really does damned care. And I don't want you voting for him because he will help me. He won't. I'm already on SS, so raising the min wage will not help me. Offering free college will not help me. It's all of you I want to see those things for. I don't want you to vote for him because I want him to win...I want you to vote for him because he will help you...all POC more than any other candidate we have running.

I wish you guys could understand this. I really really care about you and want to see things fixed. For everyone!

And getting money out of politics is also a huge issue that he knows needs to be dealt with right away, because until you do that, you won't see the changes that we need to see to fix all these social problems. Because right now the man owns the system and he wants a lot of poor people and scapegoats to misdirect the anger of other low or middle class people.

We need someone in the white house who sees and understands ALL of this.

This is not a rant. This is a plea to please try to understand that we Sanders supporters are on your side and only frustrated because we don't see Hillary as a solution to any of the major problems facing this country right now...not economically, not socially...except maybe on women's issues. But Bernie supports all progressive women's issues too.

Bernie is asking the POC to talk to him to help him understand what he can do to start to help them. Please don't just shut him out. Talk to him. Give him a chance.