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6. "you should not be basing your politics on skin color - it should be based on
Fri Jul 10, 2015, 08:07 PM
Jul 2015
"how is your family doing". If I take his advice - I should be a Republican."

I agree 100%. If we just focused on ourselves, I think there would be a hell of alot more black Republicans than there are now. And the fact that there aren't just proves that we are not all about ourselves and that we realize that the best way to help our brothers and sisters is by supporting the Dems. Like I've said 100 times, the Dems may be milquetoast as hell on some issues, but I'd rather go with a group that will get me 60% of what I want than with another that will take me 80% in the wrong direction and is working hard as hell to take away the few things that I do have.

That Sanders quote is just idiotic. I don't get these white people who act like black folks only voted for Obama because he was black. I guess they've conveniently forgotten the countless white folks - some of whom were mediocre as hell - that we supported for president that were also Democrats. Suddenly, we need to be chastised about "not voting our skin color" the ONE FUCKING TIME some of us got the opportunity to do that. And the fact that Obama was black didn't mean nearly as much as the fact that Obama was a black Democrat.

There was another thread in GD rimaries about Sanders saying we need to apologize for slavery. When I first read it, I thought it was a good idea. But the more I think about it, the more it comes across as pandering. Bill Clinton expressed "deep regret" for slavery damn near 20 years ago and the House and Senate have both passed resolutions apologizing for slavery. Bernie's devout "supporters" here on DU keep screaming there is no race issue, but it's obvious to me that the Bernie camp realizes there is one and are trying to do something about it. I hope that this is not the route they've chosen to go because it feels more than a bit disingenuous.
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