2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Sanders' radical message missing moderate Black voters [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)Everything I discuss about race is about the effect it has on us, not how it makes you feel to have it discussed in a way that is not pleasing to you. It is not supposed to make you comfortable, it is not comfortable for us to live. But the astounding amount of resistence to discussing it from our pov is probably why these conversation devolve into a mess of privilege and anger.
It is a thing. How we are treated is an issue, no matter who does the offending. You want this discussed in your terms or dismissed outright as not being discussable. Too bad. This will be discussed more and more and more as the nation becomes browner. Race is an issue and ignoring it and sidelining it as a wedge issue or not discussable unless done on your terms is not a way to build a sustainable movement. Because some of us actually have issues that are directly related yo our race not our economic status and we want solutions to racism yes. We want it solved. Fix racism is what I am saying and no, I do not believe it is the only problem in the united states of American that can never ever ever be solved. We have never tried. Until that is understood many will remain angry that it is even brought up.