New to DU and new here. Also a question about optics

[Kind of Blue]

11. I'm not sure of your age but

using Dr. MLK, Jr. is not just about being co-opted but was laughable as a piece of pandering at least 25 years ago. I remember an "In Living Color" episode of Miss Black Person USA, when each contestant, no matter the question, used MLK, Jr. So the immediate "so what" popped into my mind as well when BS proclaimed his march with Dr. King. In my area, it was just a far gone conclusion that it's comedy. And the cluelessness continued until Sanders was forced to address BLM.

I'm a values voter, too, and it's the value of a life, just breathing that concerns me the most. What good did an education and on her way to a good job do for Sandra Bland? What good does it do for me when my my last driving while black stop was over a year ago, and I luckily evaded a predator cop just in April? This was thanks, by the way, to a white guy who understood my predicament and played along.

The one thing I feel will resonate with black voters is understanding that BS cares as much about actual PoC breathing as he does about economic justice. And I'm not sure if he's blown it yet, we've still got a year to go. But I'm leary becuase, Jeeze, I've gone to Symone Sander's FB page - his go-to person on black people - and it's practically fluff. I can't believe still now she's talking about handbags, hanging out with a friend in Las Vegas, Michelle Obama, Paul Ryan for Christ sake-who cares about Ryan???, and little about Sanders.

We get economic justice, as far as I'm concerned. It's wonderful. It's beautiful. But I don't get someone who seems careless about my vote unless he's pressed. What is the risk in taking such a stance? His campaign at first seemed like a humanity movement but he sure was repeatedly terribly slow in addressing mine and that is the problem, it's stuck.

Honestly, if you don't care to get into anymore arguments about why it's so much more than class/poverty, then I'm not really interested. That is the point and we can't tire of it, IMO. And I can't imagine using MLK, Jr's economic stance will do anything, because he fought brutality and deaths as strongly as he fought for economic issues. Shoot, I remember seeing an interview, just out of jail, with a huge lump on his forehead. Please, read his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" to get a fuller picture of MLK, Jr. It was not an either socialism/economic justice or life movement. I think black people will resonate strongly if BS can convey that message.

And I also suggest teaming up with other black BS supporters, who feel the Bern, might be more helpful http://inthesetimes.com/article/18405/building-black-support-for-bernie