2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The "PoC don't support Bernie because they don't know him" claim is actually true [View all]nyabingi
(1,145 posts)No one said Bernie was a well-known force for civil rights in the US, but that he was one of the many who were out there getting arrested and challenging the status quo.
Black people voted for Hillary so heavily in SC simply because she's a known entity and she benefits from this myth in the Black community that the Clinton's are sympathetic to Black concerns. Like I said, it is just a myth because both of them have been working and advocating politically-expedient legislation that directly harms Black people. Most people in the US (Black and white), outside of political junkies like many of the people on DU, hadn't even heard of Bernie Sanders and there's a very good reason why.
I've known of Bernie for a long time, and have watched speak passionately about many issues on C-SPAN, often to empty chambers in Congress. Bernie has always been viewed as an outsider, the crazy socialist independent who's prone to ranting. They, like the media, simply ignored Bernie and pretended as if he didn't exist. The man has always been busy, but he was ignored.
Ask any of the Black voters in SC who voted for Hillary what they like about her, and you won't get much of an answer. They are not supporting her because of what she's saying, but because of who she is and the myth that comes with her.
She has been and continues to be an enemy to Black people (unless they're rich or willing to join her in the master/slave role which Sister Souljah so aptly noted recently).
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