2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forum"Bernie Sanders about to PM his way into locking up the Black vote."
Lets do it, Sanders tweeted, saying his staff would set up the meeting.
Sanderss campaign has previously expressed interest in setting up a face-to-face meeting with Black Lives Matter activists.
I apologize it took our campaign so long to officially reach out, Sanderss African-American outreach director, Marcus Ferrell, said in an email to a group of activists obtained by Buzzfeed Saturday.
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/251286-sanders-to-meet-with-black-lives-matter-activist
Oh... and the AA turnout in Chicago is big.
Don't believe me? Just watch: https://twitter.com/search?f=images&vertical=default&q=bernie%20sanders%20chicago&src=typd
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)A myriad of white liberal DU women insist otherwise!
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I do, however, understand race issues far more than most white middle class women. My son is half Arabic and has a Muslim name. My ex is Muslim. I'm tight with that community, many of whom are African American and all of them lumped into some "jihadi" group by a lot of other white people.
I "get" systemic racism because my child has been subjected to it and, as a parent, nothing effects you more than when something happens to your child.
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)Your son is blessed to have you fighting for him!
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)My husband now of nearly 10 years is a non-practicing Jew... his family is from Poland and DiFi is his distant cousin (kid you not).
I love it when people try to tell me I don't know about racism because I'm white. I have still dealt with it for more than 20 years now.
artislife
(9,497 posts)There just is so much racism in this world. If we just remember that we are a part of the One, we all would do better.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)And I will be..
This will be...
I am One...
We have to remember we're all human.
BTW, I'm Irish, Scottish and Native American. My son is the spittin' image of me except his hair is black instead of auburn.
Olive complected...
artislife
(9,497 posts)that our country can move into enlightenment. No religion, just connection to the universe, which is us.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)It's all about realizing who you are while you are who you are and setting it straight.
dsc
(52,164 posts)ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)Had I not qualified it with the adjactives I did.
I'm a white liberal DU woman.
It's OK, really.
redruddyred
(1,615 posts)seriously, where?
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)BooScout
(10,406 posts)News at 11!!!!!!!!!
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)black Twitter denizens, not me.
I used quotation marks and posted the actual Tweet and the story behind the reason for the Tweet.
You should really be watching the Chicago feed...
redruddyred
(1,615 posts)a politically infused lyrics back in style? never the wrong time for another PE
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)We just know that Hillary sure as shit isn't going to try.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Obama was a start. Let's finish it.
BTW, he and my son share a middle name and my kids LOVED him, so I voted for him in the primaries in 2007. Kids and animals are rarely wrong about people.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)POSUCs?
Help me out and remember, the only dumb question is the question not asked.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)... and what, it seems, that many Bernie supporters believe to some degree.
This is the root of matter IMHO... Hillary wont run away from Obama if she wants the black vote but it seems like those to the left of Hillary are calling Obama a POSUCS
zeemike
(18,998 posts)That because he is black he is above critisizem...to me that is racist to think the black people only see his skin color and not what he does. Most people of any race are not that one dimensional.
After all this has been going on for 6 years with a black president and AG...so either they are powerless or they don't care that much...either way it does not make him the black saint to black people.
But it seems that Hillary supporters think they are.
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)... on DU and from the further left.
When someone takes the time to tell half truths and bold faced as lies on webpage about someone then that's hate even if its a public figure.
POSUCs had how many recs?
zeemike
(18,998 posts)If someone does something wrong and someone else accuses them of doing something horrible or ridiculous you can dismiss what was done wrong by pointing out how ridiculous it is. And if he is being lied about then it is all a lie.
The solution is dilution.
It is surprising to me how easy it is to play that game...but then critical thinking is no longer taught is schools.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I voted for Obama and not Hillary.
I don't understand why I'm supposed to vote for her now.
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)didnt you alert?
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)...and many people alerted on that post and the follow ups he posted about Obama that had over 200 recs.
DU does NOT like Obama
Stellar
(5,644 posts)I like Obama (not everything that he does)...I must be in the wrong place.
Puglover
(16,380 posts)This is GDP not the BOG which some posters seem to get confused about.
Stardust
(3,894 posts)a kennedy
(29,678 posts)his first term, and found out the GOP was out to stop him at every turn, and only now this long into his 2nd term is he getting his balls together to TRY and get things done. and agree with "let's finish it". Feel the Bern
uponit7771
(90,347 posts)a kennedy
(29,678 posts)know before they waste time trying to work with the repubs, they just try to get things done without them. Hopefully this election cycle will have more progressives for the POTUS to work with. JMHO
artislife
(9,497 posts)ozone_man
(4,825 posts)No real change there. I like them both, but progress requires looking elsewhere
Bernie represents real change, not a campaign slogan of "change you can believe in."
demwing
(16,916 posts)did big bad Bernie hurt your feelgoods? Oy!
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)wait. they are using this now? cause sanders told the world he didnt apologize and was some staffer that put it out without his approval.
omg.....
anyway, which sanders well and hope everyone has fun with this.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I'm expecting a call tonight from someone close to me who works with DeRay.
I'll let loose what I know, if I'm allowed.
artislife
(9,497 posts)I am interested unlike some posters. It could be their worst scenario.
Nevermind how much better it will be for everyone if we all get on the same page and stop the genocide of Black lives that is taking place in this country.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)It's fine. He's busy. He's IMed.
Hey, I'm glad he's busy.
artislife
(9,497 posts)delrem
(9,688 posts)Keep us all informed.
NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)"without my knowledge", not "without my approval".
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)sense
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)his off-stage storming and his over-talking when BLM shouted him down at Net Roots?
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)http://www.buzzfeed.com/darrensands/sanders-campaign-reaches-out-to-black-lives-matter-activists#.dqZLm2Z7G
Sanders Campaign Reaches Out To Black Lives Matter Activists: I Apologize It Took Our Campaign So Long
In an email to activists obtained by BuzzFeed News, Bernies African-American outreach director proposes a formal meeting between the senator and the activists who have disrupted his campaign this summer. Update: On Meet the Press Sunday, Bernie said he did not think his campaign needed to apologize to activists for the delay in reaching out.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)I don't watch the Sunday talkies... too much bullshit and too many softballs tossed back and forth.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Sorry for your old info.
daredtowork
(3,732 posts)What happened to you Sea Beyond?
LeftOfWest
(482 posts)why?
1% protect?
why?
seabeyond
(110,159 posts)LeftOfWest
(482 posts)sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)that he is gathering support fast.
According to polls, only 33% of AAs know who he is, THAT is now going to change as the many AAs who have already discovered him, promise to work very hard to let everyone they know, see who he is and what he is about.
OneGrassRoot
(22,920 posts)My SON told me about Lil B, although I already knew.
He's in love with history and said that Sanders is making a more meteoric rise than Obama.
And, he predicted Obama at 6.
sabrina 1.
what you do.
thank you.
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)But I'd be happy enough to see Bernie split the 'black vote' with Hillary in a ratio according to how each has helped or hurt black voters over the years, and how each would help them should they actually get into the White House.
Oh, and that email is being turned into a 'scandal' over on Daily Kos by staffer Shaun King, who calls it 'Bernie's fake apology', ignoring the fact that it was a personal apology by a staffer, and never an apology by Bernie, and tries to make it sound like Bernie telling Chuck Todd that it wasn't an apology from him is somehow horrible.
arcane1
(38,613 posts)before his audience reaches a critical mass, and that smear will have zero effect on him from then on.
wilsonbooks
(972 posts)I unsubscribed today. It is one thing for Kos to endorse and support Hillary, but for them to use this issue to try and divide us is beyond the pale.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)fact. That's always been the case.
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)I know Shaun King, too. Wow.
I guess it's all in what you believe.
Phlem
(6,323 posts)Seems to be the current meme around DU. So let's set that straight.
If you have a different opinion, please take it up with OP which in this case would be "D'Mike Brown".
Have a nice day!
Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)Fawke Em
(11,366 posts)This post was to point out the tipover...
Phlem
(6,323 posts)I'm sick of hearing that bullshit over and over again.
When I said the OP I meant "D'Mike Brown" who said "Bernie Sanders is about to PM his way into locking up the black vote."
So when the shit hits the fan they take it out on "D'Mike Brown" not the messenger.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)For both BLM and the Sanders campaign.
I would hope that this will give BLM leverage within the Party!
Stellar
(5,644 posts)It came from a staff member.
Bernie Sanders: No Apology For Black Lives Matter
CHUCK TODD: Buzzfeed has an article out this morning. Headline is this: "Sanders Campaign Reaches Out to Black Lives Matter Activists." Quote, "I apologize it took our campaign so long." Tell me more about it.
BERNIE SANDERS: Well, that was sent out by a staffer, not by me. Look, we are reaching out to all kinds of groups, absolutely.
CHUCK TODD: I understand that but, you said a staffer put it out, but you felt an apology was necessary?
BERNIE SANDERS: No, I don't. I think we're going to be working with all groups. This was sent out without my knowledge.
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