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In reply to the discussion: No other candidate in this race has been as strong of an advocate for racial justice as Bernie has [View all]F4lconF16
(3,747 posts)Sanders has easily been the strongest advocate for racial equality. His history backs up his words, and his policies will do the most to address it. But it's not good enough.
When hundreds of black men are being murdered by police every year, you have to address that on its own terms. You have to talk about race and police. You can't redivert the conversation to jobs. You have to talk about our justice system. You have to talk about prisons, education, and the heaping pile of bullshit that is the War on Drugs.
He needs to make it explicitly clear that hears and understands the concerns of minority communities, and he needs to do so in his opening speeches. Having done so in the past is not good enough for many who remember that populist movements in the past have not been so inclusive. He represents a movement, not just himself, and that movement needs to fully integrate racial issues into the conversation.