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In reply to the discussion: Bernie admits need to get schooled on African-American incarceration* [View all]Caliman73
(11,726 posts)The demographic that Bernie won without question was young White men.
I voted for Bernie in the primary but the man has, throughout his political career, had a BIG blind spot for the particular struggles of Black people and women. His main problem is that he falls into the trap of thinking that everything is an economic justice issue without truly understanding that Economic Justice is also about Race and Gender.
The bottom line is that if you legislate things that make life better for Black, Brown, and Yellow women, then you make life at the very least. little better for EVERYONE. The same cannot be said about legislation for other groups. Making life better for working class people will still, because of systemic racism, improve the lives of minority people and women much less than it will White people. Race and Gender, and the hundreds of years of bias against women and minorities HAVE to be taken into consideration when legislating anything and Sanders never really wanted to go there in any major way.