2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: "Interrupting Bernie: Exposing the White Supremacy of the American Left" [View all]GitRDun
(1,846 posts)is the lack of balance in the white view of the events in Seattle.
On the one hand, you have centuries of racism, some progress, but still a very different experience for POC versus whites. You've got two young people, who are living that minority life with all its disadvantages and the added risk of getting killed by police for no reason.
On the other hand, is the fact these two young people interrupted a rally, in a dumb way, to bring light to their circumstance.
The overwhelming visceral response on this discussion board is to condemn the rally interruption.
To me, that's the point. If we white progressives can't change ourselves to really see more, prioritize better, we have no hope of changing the rest of the world, no matter who our candidate is.