Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: It bothers me that Harris's attack on Biden was apparently coldly calculated in advance, [View all]emmaverybo
(8,149 posts)see this incident from a mix of their own personal experiences, political orientation, identity, and pressing concerns, many of which may be widely shared.
Your intense dislike of white superiority and perception of that in particular people, or whole demographics, is far and wide a feeling others also have. I would have thought that Obama as sharp and sensitive as he was would have picked up on Bidens white superiority complex or surely
his endorsers, his press secretary, his many political contacts.
I see no basis for believing that we, in the minority on DU, challenging Harriss approach the other night are doing so out of a need to protect Bidens white privilege or if we are white, our own. She has her share of black critics. I fiercely disliked Hilary and perceived her as using racism against
Obama when I thought he must be president as I felt he was a once in a lifetime presidential candidate, once in a century leader.
I get it. That part anyway, having such a strong sense of one persons strengths against anothers,
I think many here would think me sick for believing Hilary tapped into racism to try to defeat Obama.
So here we are already suffering effects of a skirmish and we have just begun.
Have a good evening, night, morning?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden