2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Cornel West gives rousing introduction for Bernie Sanders at historically black college [View all]sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)re this campaign. Blacks have been forming support groups for Bernie since the beginning of his campaign.
Each of those groups has been growing in support all over Social Media.
The biggest challenge for Bernie is that many PEOPLE, not just AAs, still do not know who he is. But as we have witnessed in the states where he started out with approx 3% in the polls, he is now beating Hillary.
Some of the students at this event yesterday eg, stated that they 'did not know much about him until they heard him speak' and 'will now be going out to work for his campaign'.
The false meme you see here is just that.
AAs have been speaking for themselves since Bernie's campaign began and many are working to make sure other AAs learn about him because polls show that only one third of AAs actually even know who he is.
That is about to change, just as has everywhere else.