Bernie Sanders
Related: About this forumAccording to Black Lives Matter, they don't matter to Clinton.
The letter written by Black Lives Activist Ashley Williams is very powerful. It states the case against Clinton quite well.
Here are some important points made by Ms. Williams:
The 1994 Crime Bill that she so vigorously defended not only expanded incarceration, but stripped funding for college education from prisoners. The Clinton legacy allowed for policies that prevented anyone convicted of a felony drug offense from receiving food stamps or income assistance. Clinton-led welfare reform fundamentally ripped apart the social safety net.
Make no mistake, this is Hillary Clinton. She "left our prisons bursting at the seams." She "stripped funding for college education from prisoners." She supported policies that prevented anyone convicted of a felony drug offense from receiving food stamps or income assistance. Clinton-led welfare reform fundamentally ripped apart the social safety net.
This is the Hillary Clinton that some believe will fight for social justice. Some like her because she is tough, well she certainly showed that she is tough against the minority communities. And Cheney was tough. I think compassion and empathy are more important than toughness.
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)I'm thinking Ms Williams is correct.
At best, BLM seem to be of secondary importance, something to do "later".
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)to give her rhetoric about the subject. Her contempt was clear.
Half-Century Man
(5,279 posts)She is talking down to someone(s), she would greatly prefer not to have to speak to.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)She needs their votes, and that is all that matters. Just move on for now and take a number, she'll get back to you on that.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)community. She dismissed Ms. Williams with contempt and comes back later when her staff prepared a half-assed apology.
thesquanderer
(11,982 posts)At this point, politicians should assume they're always being captured on video.
That said, while it seemed like a bit of a bombshell here, it looks like it didn't make a whit of difference in South Carolina. I expect the southern AA vote will be similarly kind to her tomorrow.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)She needs to plan for her answers. I don't know why the AA community would support a representative of the greedy wealthy 1% that has made all our lives terrible especially PoC.
wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)and those hissing cockroaches in the crowd,could not believe my ears.
Good for you Ashley!!!!!!
840high
(17,196 posts)wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)also felt proud of her,standing up for people like she did.I know I could
not have done that.That was courage right there.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)...there is never, ever an answer.
Plucketeer
(12,882 posts)to give many POC free room and board (and you WOULDN'T BELIEVE how much this costs us!) for non-violent infractions of the law. Some were lucky enough to get this treatment for the rest of their lives!
DirtyHippyBastard
(217 posts)My guess for why we don't get one is that there is no snarky "got ya" answer. Well, that or the answer is nothing good.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)thousands of African American voters in South Carolina feel that they have license to glom onto a single opinion of an African American voter that they feel is politically beneficial to their goals.
wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)I felt bad for that young lady,she looked scared,and the way those entitled assholes treated her,
shit,that was awful.
I am proud of Ashley,that took courage!!
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)African American voters in SC if you're so concerned ?
wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)I saw and heard hissing and nastiness from that rich ass crowd.
It made me sick.
And what are you talking about,by the way.
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)attended. I would be nervous too if I chose to do that. It comes with the territory. That's all I intend to add on this subject.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Make no mistake, Hillary Clinton's efforts to push these policies resulted in the continued destruction of Black communities and the swift growth of our mass incarceration crisis.
This is obvious. She is a tough person, tough on the 99%. She takes money for her personal wealth from those that profit from her policies that have "resulted in the continued destruction of Black communities and the swift growth of our mass incarceration crisis. Tell me you don't recognize that the Prisons For Profit have financially benefited from these policies. Tell me it's ok for her to accept money from them.
stupidicus
(2,570 posts)and given the disproportionate figures on arrest and conviction for stuff like that, I suppose the case could be made that they wanted to punish them twice, as well as striving to keep them under/uneducated and....
MisterP
(23,730 posts)her donors hiss at protesters, and she cheerily said "all lives matter" (in the corrective sense of the phrase) at a Black church; she's the only candidate BLM still has to interrupt and protest!
she's pro-DP, anti-marijuana reform, doubled poverty, pro-outsourcing, and pro-jail--but very good at getting people to ignore her record for "winnability"
Trust Buster
(7,299 posts)rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)members to wars she has championed. She still champions fracking and job killing Free Trade Agreements.
She pretends to want to help with social justice because it's an election year. But ask her who will pay for her social justice. It will be the 99% and not the 1% that her and Bill belong to. In fact they are in the top 1% or the top 1%.
Hydra
(14,459 posts)Fairness to presidential hopeful Clinton would be for her to be in the situations she helped create for her political gain.
No, fairness isn't even a possibility. We are simply talking about facts. Fairness is still miles away.
rhett o rick
(55,981 posts)Major Hogwash
(17,656 posts)Only 1/3rd of the total registered Democratic voters in SC went to vote in their primary this last weekend.
The malaise had set in.