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In reply to the discussion: Bernie cannot come to the cookout. Sorry, not sorry. [View all]GaryCnf
(1,399 posts)because Sanders has been no more vocal on black genocide in our urban communities than any other white politician. I'll even add that, while Marxism is a necessary component of full black liberation because no other economic structure can return the $60 trillion stolen from us, Sanders has not even hinted that this is among the reasons he supports socialism. Yes, though I support him, Sanders is most definitely white as hell.
Here is my problem with your perfectly valid criticisms. You are joining hands with the same people who were behind the politically-motivated torture and execution of Ricky Rector, the Crime Bill which is as much a weapon in the black genocide as blue on black murder, the AEDPA which insulates southern states' racist, the punitive welfare reform bills which destroy poor urban families, the bi-partisan destruction of ACORN, the marginalization of BLM, and the utter silence on black issues during every presidential campaign beginning in 1992 that didn't have Barack Obama at the top of the ticket.
I have no problem with calling out anyone, and that includes Sanders, for not speaking out on issues that are important to us, BUT to focus on his failures alone and NOT the what borders on open hostility I just described is something with which I just can't agree because it chooses sides between two groups of white people who are not fighting for us instead of demanding that one of them does.