HBO’s Bill Maher & Hip-Hop’s Talib Kweli Square Off Over Bernie Sanders

[Enthusiast]

1. It’s very possible to be progressive and still have no understanding of racial issues but

that certainly isn't the case with candidate Sanders.

Kweli could have used more accurate language and said, "It’s possible to be progressive and still have little understanding of racial issues." That would have been more accurate than very and no.

Maybe Bernie's understanding of racial issues is inadequate but of all the presidential candidates with the exception of Carson, he probably has the greatest understanding of black issues. Bernie did not say, "All lives matter." His understanding at least extends that far.

It is far more likely that a conservative would have no understanding of racial issues. Progressives, for the most part, at least try to understand racial issues.