"if that is your position then I will talk only to white people..." [View all]

[sufrommich]

I have now seen this partial quote disingenuously used here on DU many times.

Here's the whole quote:

Activist speaking:

"If you don't tell black people what we need to do, then we won't tell you all what you need to do," he told Clinton. "This is and has always been a white problem of violence. There's not much that we can do to stop the violence against us."


Clinton's response:

"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," Clinton replied.


As you can see,the activist is telling her that racism is a white problem,that white people need to be talked to about it.

I've read the responses on Black Twitter and many activists in Black Lives Matter,none of them are taking this partial quote out of context and accusing her of making a racist comment.In fact,if you google the partial quote,it's being used almost exclusively on right wing blogs.