Three things HRC supporters could do here to make things less toxic here

[Armstead]

45. I will have to strongly disagree

If I were an AA who wasn't familiar with Sanders, I wouldn't like or trust the guy either based on the false memes that were created around him from the beginning of his campaign. But this "special problem" was manufactured from the beginning based on a mischaracterization of him from the start.

The debates over "socialism" and whether Sanders is "too far left" or electable etc. are no surprise in the primaries. To be expected. That's just a variation of the larger dynamic and tensions below the surface in the Democratic Party that goes beyond "Clinton vs. Sanders" as individual candidates.

And the need for Sanders to earn the support of AAs is certainly a legitimate an issue, as one element of the need for him to earn the support of all voters. Obviously its a challenge for a newcomer to earn the votes of people who don't know who he is.
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This is from my own experience. I had been away from DU for a while, and decided to check in to after the Netroots thing. Just idle curiosity, expecting a little flap.

I was absolutely appalled and totally shocked at the vitriol being hurled against Sanders and the people who support him.Sanders was a hostile racist, because he got surprised and visibly irritated at being interrupted. Sanders supporters who tried to defend him were attacked as "racist white progressives."

And that escalated into a lot of toxic back-and-forths that were totally unnecessary -- and irrelevant considering Sanders actual history and his willingness to add BLM's issues into his platform and message ,because he already BELIEVED IN them.

Both sides (including yours truly) were guilty of creating a negative feedback loop that made ANY rational discussion of the actual issues impossible. And that continues to this day.