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In reply to the discussion: **For The AA Group** Bravenak Is Suspended [View all]gwheezie
(3,580 posts)This is the response AA activists encounter from white liberals on a smaller scale. Any white progressive with an inclination towards self reflection should be smacked upside the head by the treatment of AA posters on this board. And this is the alledged dem board full of progressives. Can you imagine?
I know Bernie supporters will just blow me off because I have stated I support Hillary at this point but supporting Hillary for me is choosing the least offensive dem. I'm not impressed with any of them. To me its irrelevant however who I support because I don't think anyone of them has made a case for why black folks should vote for them. If you look at Bernie or Hillary, both with a decades long record what has either of them done that changed the lives of black folks in this country.
I remember years ago talking with one of my white liberal friends who was disturbed over the million man march because it seemed anti white. I said if the level of violence was happening in the white community we would be marching. We'd be yelling and screaming and disrupting.
My bff is a gay black man, former military and small c conservative. Smartest person I know. If anyone wants to walk around Washington DC go with this guy. He knows everything. For years we've talked about what is wrong with white liberals. Sure liberal policies have inched the country forward but they have not corrected the injustices that this country was founded on and persist today. His thought is the wait and be patient attitude has not benefitted black folks and if anything lulled people into complacency. The policies even by liberals have not set free poc, the policies have not liberated the full potential of a group of people, like the myth of this country promises. Policies both considered pro or con have not resulted in a truly equal playing field. We can debate if one side is evil or good to make ourselves feel better or think we've done enough. In the lives of people who live in their skin every day, pointing to some position a white liberal takes doesn't help much. And it is not a class or economic thing, it is about race.
I'm going to avoid the tedious primary brawl because this has nothing to do with Bernie and Hillary. I will miss brave so much. She has helped me as well as many of you in this group to understand race issues better. I thank brave and y'all so much.