2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Is it possible that NEITHER major Democratic candidate is a racist? [View all]daybranch
(1,309 posts)He listened and met with BLM before Hillary. He does however understand that violence is inflicted on those poor people who have not he ability to fight back. You see this throughout Appalachia as police have brutalized the weak for generations and have not spared people based on their color. The Poor, and the powerless, African American, Latino , or Asian, LGBT or hetero-sexual white people should all be protected from police violence. Of course African Americans being poor and congregated in cities receive most of this abuse right now, but this abuse is a way of dividing voters for the election of republican haters. It is important to remember that first they attack the African Americans, and then they feel empowered to attack poor whites(already doing this), then the Jews or some other scapegoat for the problems created for working people by the oligarchy.
No matter which candidate you support, you need to recognize the merits of Bernie's message that we must take back control of our government from Billionaires whose minions in both major parties depend on racism and hate to maintain their position in elected office. Go Bernie!