2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: While I support the overall BLM movement, the group's so-called "representatives" have lost me. [View all]kenn3d
(486 posts)Thanks Gobears, for standing up for your sincere beliefs. Great post.
It seems to me that...
There has been an element of BLM from its start which belies it's roots in the obvious black cause which good Americans of ALL races support and uphold. There has been from the start an aspect of the BLM movement which appears to be overtly and intentionally anti-Sanders (and perhaps anti-O'Malley too) for whatever reasons, and is apparently (perhaps covertly) pro-Clinton.
Some part of the movement seems to be more about political persuasion than it is about the urgent cause to combat racism in America, which Bernie Sanders has championed for his entire adult life like no other politician on the scene today.
But PoC and white folk alike do and will continue to rally to Sen.Sander's righteous movement in ever-increasing numbers despite any efforts to jaundice the AA community against his campaign. And in time I suspect the majority of Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and all the mixed races of American citizenry will support his efforts to bring the US back from the brink of oligarchy and racism, towards the peace and equality for ALL that this country is supposed to stand for.
I sincerely believe and hope this, because all my children are black