Bernie Sanders
In reply to the discussion: So I guess we got the meme [View all]merrily
(45,251 posts)There is some history here, too. Back in the day, there were separate places, by law in the South and "because" in other places. African American vaudeville theaters, African American baseball league, etc. And then, the "good" thing for white people to do became integration, melting pot, etc--don't treat anyone differently than you would someone who looks and sounds like you. Turned out melting pot didn't work so well, especially if the stew didn't contain your color. Then we went to celebrating differences and now we have black twitter--segregation in a medium where color is invisible.
Bernie's idea of being a good person may be still be "don't treat anyone differently than you would someone who looks and sounds like you." He may see going to a predominantly African American church as pandering, even intruding. I think he needs to hire people of color of different ages as consultants, but maybe even that would seem to him as though he were doing something wrong.