2016 Postmortem

Chitown Kev

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21. Well, black folks (and other POC) are kind of used to being fucked over

Fri Oct 23, 2015, 03:09 AM

Oct 2015

In FDR's and Truman's day it was redlining and urban renewal (or negro removal), in the Clinton/Bush era it was subprime mortgages

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How did DU Primaries become such a racially divisive place? [View all] Bread and Circus Oct 2015 OP

I must hate my own people because I am black and big JRLeft Oct 2015 #1

Because the USA is a racially divisive country. delrem Oct 2015 #2

Not all the Founding Fathers thought slavery was cool Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #43

The tone of your post Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #3

And we were wrong he's bought and paid for. He's showing his true colors daily. JRLeft Oct 2015 #4

Maybe...maybe not...that's not my point Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #10

Unfortunately, the country was so racist at the time no way we could benefit. JRLeft Oct 2015 #14

Why are you bringing up Bill Clinton in response to Kev's point about FDR? Number23 Oct 2015 #15

Sorry about that, I wanted to point out how Wall Street's policies JRLeft Oct 2015 #17

Well, black folks (and other POC) are kind of used to being fucked over Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #21

True, even under Bush with the option arm aka adjustable rate mortgages. JRLeft Oct 2015 #42

That's my point... Chitown Kev Oct 2015 #18

I made a post years ago that talked about the white liberal left's harassing and haranguing Number23 Oct 2015 #32

Well this Bernie Sanders supporter thinks the African American community owes Snotcicles Oct 2015 #37

It isn't really Fumesucker Oct 2015 #5

It was the reaction to Black Lives Matter that did it BainsBane Oct 2015 #6

Good OP, thank you. DU is not racially divisive. There are a few people here TRYING to make it so, sabrina 1 Oct 2015 #7

I think the best way to understand might be to murielm99 Oct 2015 #8

+100000000000 BainsBane Oct 2015 #11

Yup! Cali_Democrat Oct 2015 #13

I went the Blacklivesmatter website and I am confused. Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #38

You are talking to the wrong person. murielm99 Oct 2015 #39

I am not sure if I am to take your post as being helpful or arrogant. Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #40

I was trying to be helpful. murielm99 Oct 2015 #47

ok thank you Bread and Circus Oct 2015 #48

I'll give this a shot gwheezie Oct 2015 #9

Great post. nt Cali_Democrat Oct 2015 #12

Perfect response from you. As usual Number23 Oct 2015 #16

+1 Starry Messenger Oct 2015 #22

This....all of it. nt Bobbie Jo Oct 2015 #24

Nothing to add Dem2 Oct 2015 #29

Well spoken. Skidmore Oct 2015 #30

Beautifully stated! n/t Spazito Oct 2015 #34

Nailed it. Agschmid Oct 2015 #44

Most of it is done by a small group of people AgingAmerican Oct 2015 #19

IMO it started when it became very beneficial to one candidates supporters to make it that way azurnoir Oct 2015 #20

Calling Black Lives Matter a "Soros funded Hillary group" didn't help. JaneyVee Oct 2015 #23

Ask the guy who diagnosed black and LGBT Hillary supporters as suffering from Stockholm Syndrome..nt SidDithers Oct 2015 #25

^^^ This right here MohRokTah Oct 2015 #31

Start here Bobbie Jo Oct 2015 #26

BJ, I think the genesis of all of this was Cali_Dem's OP in May where he dared to note Hillary's Number23 Oct 2015 #33

Ah, right you are... Bobbie Jo Oct 2015 #36

That gif... Agschmid Oct 2015 #45

Exactly Armstead Oct 2015 #27

Sour grapes. randome Oct 2015 #28

I put the people who try to stir up crap on ignore. liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #35

Bernie has a 100% rating from the NAACP Art_from_Ark Oct 2015 #46

Excellent post and sorry I did not see this earlier ... slipslidingaway Oct 2015 #41