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In reply to the discussion: The Real Reason the Term “White Privilege” Needs to Die [View all]daredtowork
(3,732 posts)I should watch the video rather than responding to second-hand comments about the disrupted event itself.
I'm still grumpy Hillary gets a pass just by virtue that she dissedna major grassroots event in the first place. In fact, given how focused her supporters have been on painting Bernie's issues as being somehow a thing apart from social justice, a small part of my mind wonders if her campaign operatives set this up to perpetuate the notion economic justice does not help racial justice and #BLM regards Bernie as an "old white guy". Hillary was clear of the optics, and her campaign has tons of money to spread around. If such a set up were revealed, I hope #BLM supporters would do their best to repair the damage done. This is not to say all their points are tactics are wrong - just that they may may have been used in this instance.
I still think Bernie could have turned the "disruption" into a historiv opportunity. I will see what he actually did during the event. I'm still confused on the matter of whether he cancelled a #BLM meeting later and why. I don't think we should jump to conclusions about it, but given the importance of the topic to many voters - particularly young voters - he should be transparent on his every move concerning #BLM.