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dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
Sun Feb 7, 2016, 01:14 PM Feb 2016

Our candidates, on race:

In the last debate, Sanders addressed race on three occasions: 1) asked about the death penalty, he noted that innocent people of color are more likely to find their way to death row; 2) asked about our criminal justice system, he made sure to include in his answer the fact that we incarcerate mostly people of color; and 3) when responding to the Flint disaster, he asked a type of question rarely heard from a Presidential candidate: what would have happened if Flint's population was middle class and white?

Clinton said absolutely nothing about race. Well, almost nothing.
At the debate's conclusion, with the last question answered, Clinton wondered aloud why there weren't opportunities to talk about race.
http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/2/7/1481253/-THE-WORM-HAD-TURNED-Barring-unforeseeable-events-Bernie-Sanders-will-be-the-Democratic-nominee
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