My sympathies, I don't know how you take it....

[steve2470]

We white folks need to shut up and listen to black and brown folks, period. That includes at events like NRN. If that had occurred, both Bernie and O'Malley would have come out smelling like roses. Yes, I give O'Malley credit for his apology and then listening. I think Bernie is a good man, but, he and his staff need to do a lot of listening, especially to the BLM people.

I'm a member of a minority group (I think) here on DU, a southerner. I get annoyed at south-bashing, but hey, my annoyance is absolutely NOTHING compared to what the black community has to endure.

White folks...let's be quiet and listen...for a long time. Then speak, after being educated. Thank you, fellow white folks!

eta: To be clear, I think Governor O'Malley is a good man also. I would be happy with either of them as President.

[gwheezie]

1. And we're the allies, can you imagine

We're supposed to be the allies and look at the response from most of us.

[randys1]

2. We aren't the allies. We are the competition. And we have been cheating

for so long we dont know how to play fair.

I get that we want to be the allies, some of us.

I know I try to be, but I also know that without the support of the overwhelming majority of the power class, i.e. whites, it is an uphill struggle all the way.

Yes, we are the allies in that we want to be and we are sincere about it, but there really is only a few of us when looking at white people as a whole.

[Cha]

4. That's just a lot on DU who think they're protecting bernie but they're not. The rest of our

Country.. thankfully is not like DU, gwheezie

I stand with the Protesters like Netroots Nation does..

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"In a statement, Netroots Nation Executive Director Raven Brooks stood with the protesters. “Although we wish the candidates had more time to respond to the issues, what happened today is reflective of an urgent moment that America is facing today,” Brooks said. Next year’s conference will take place in St. Louis, close to Ferguson, and local leaders of the #BlackLivesMatter movement will be directly engaged, Brooks added. “We plan to work with activists there just as we did in Phoenix, to amplify issues like racial profiling and police brutality in a major way.”

http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122329/bernie-sanders-and-martin-omalley-failed-their-blacklivesmatter-test

Imani Gandy ?@AngryBlackLady
let me know how this "harass Black people into supporting Bernie Sanders" campaign is working out for y'all.
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Imani Gandy ?@AngryBlackLady
👉🏾 RT @rodimusprime: If these Bernie Standers knew how many black voters they are losing with these tone deaf Twitter attacks...

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MOre Tweets http://theobamadiary.com/2015/07/20/a-tweet-or-two-302/

Must be bad on twitterverse

[mcar]

3. I agree

I have been appalled at the response on this board to the BLM protest at NRN.

I think that Sen. Sanders would be appalled at what his "supporters" are saying in his name.

[Number23]

5. They've trotted out the Double Whammy -- Cornell West(!!) and a cherry picked MLK quote that's been

posted 12 times already and EVERY SINGLE TIME someone tries to tell this person that they don't understand a goddamned thing and it just whooooshes over their heads.

These ridiculous people actually think that these are WINNING arguments, positions and points. They are absolutely pathetic.

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. And don't forget the ... hell, any random; but, Black blogger ...

whose opinion, they wouldn't have given a sh!t about in the recent past, or in the near future, but for their being Black and supporting Bernie/bashing HRC.

Ask Sister Bravenak. http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=466278

[Behind the Aegis]

8. It is the rewhiting of African-American history.

I see similar attacks on my communities as well. It is disturbing to watch.

[JustAnotherGen]

9. This times 100000000

[KittyWampus]

7. Triple Whammy: someone posted a Malcolm X quote/graphic.

[JustAnotherGen]

10. Malcolm X would have loved that protest!

He was and equal opportunity 'no respect' for politicians on either side of the aisle.