2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How Bernie Sanders exposed Democrats racial rift [View all]raging moderate
(4,292 posts)In fact, a day or so before he gave the podium at his event to the Black Lives Matter spokeswoman, he had already given a speech at an event in which he mentioned the names of Sandra Bland and others who had been murdered by police officers. Bernie has consistently spoken up for full equality for Black and Native American citizens. Hillary Clinton showed more political skill in forming alliances with key leaders in the Black communities in the management of a national campaign, and in managing how her messages get sent through the mass media. These are skills she has developed over the past 8 years, after her previous defeat. You can fault Bernie on his skills in running a national campaign and knowing which people to contact to achieve maximum cooperation. It is wrong to imply that he has not spoken about the nasty discrimination problems white people make for Black people when he has spoken about them, and for decades before he ever ran for President, on the floor of the House and the Senate.