2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Black Leaders who support Hillary Slam Bernie Sanders on race issues [View all]polly7
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What 'steps', precisely has he not taken over the decades? He's always been against capital punishment which disproportionately affects blacks - should he have volunteered to switch places with one of them? How's Clinton on that?
He is for reform wrt LE and racial profiling - what EXACTLY has Clinton done that he hasn't?
Against the prison pipeline system - how's Clinton on that - does she take any funding from anyone associated with such a horrendous practice? What EXACTLY has she done to help - it's a horrible, ugly, life-destroying problem, I'm sure she's done SOMETHING?
For legalizing marijuana - for which POC are again disproportionately imprisoned - what's Clinton's stance on that? Does she admit that these non-violent crimes contribute in large part to fill these for-profit prisons? If so, do you have a date or link to it?
Against POVERTY - which is at the root of powerlessness, hunger, inability to get an education and better employment, often the cause of hopelessness and resorting to lifestyles and practices that end up sending many of these people to prison - any differences between Sanders and Clinton on who should have it all and who doesn't fucking matter?
I'd love some answers. These are just a few things I thought of quickly. Your turn, one by one, if you don't mind.
Here's a great video I just saw brought here by Willy T:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511197383
And another:
(I guess I can understand why you wouldn't even bother reading my post - truth hurts Oh, and WHY did those 'super-predators she wants to 'bring to heel' 'end up that way'? - any thoughts on that, at least? Could it have been in large part because of policies her husband pushed through?).
http://www.thenation.com/article/hillary-clinton-does-not-deserve-black-peoples-votes/