2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)Hillary and BLM - excellent dialogue [View all]
Based on the transcript of the dialogue between BLM and HRC I was very impressed with both parties. It was a brutally honest but respectful discussion on both sides. To me, HRC is the only one running that really gets it.
http://www.salon.com/2015/08/18/watch_black_lives_matter_activists_confront_hillary_clinton_you_dont_tell_black_people_what_we_need_to_know/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
Excerpt:
HILLARY CLINTON: Im not telling youIm just telling you to tell me.
QUESTION: What I mean to say is this is and has always been a white problem of violence. Its not theres not much that we can do to stop the violence against us.
HILLARY CLINTON: Well if that
Q: And its a conversation to push back
HILLARY CLINTON: Okay, Okay, I understand what youre saying
Q: Respectfully, respectfully
HILLARY CLINTON: Well, respectfully, if that is your position then I will talk only to white people about how we are going to deal with the very real problems
Q: Thats not what I mean. Thats not what I mean. But like what Im saying is what you just said was a form of victim-blaming. Right you were saying that what the Black Lives Matter movement needs to do to change white hearts
HILLARY CLINTON: Look I dont believe you change hearts. I believe you change laws, you change allocation of resources, you change the way systems operate. Youre not going to change every heart. Youre not. But at the end of the day, we could do a whole lot to change some hearts and change some systems and create more opportunities for people who deserve to have them, to live up to their own God-given potential, to live safely without fear of violence in their own communities, to have a decent school, to have a decent house, to have a decent future. So we can do it one of many ways. You can keep the movement going, which you have started, and through it you may actually change some hearts. But if thats all that happens, well be back here in 10 years having the same conversation. We will not have all of the changes that you deserve to see happen in your lifetime because of your willingness to get out there and talk about this.
(Inaudible)
HILLARY CLINTON: Well Im ready to get out and do my part in any way that I can.