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(24,544 posts)and that goes a squillion fold for their supporters."
Every time black people on DU have tried to address this issue, we have been called "race baiters," "race naggers" or been accused of "playing the race card" or "calling Sanders or his supporters racist." Starry Messenger and gollygee have also noted that every time WHITE people on DU try to address this issue they are told to shut up because "they are speaking for poc" and because they "aren't black."
So what winds up happening? Nobody talks about this issue. Which is probably exactly what a certain contingent is praying for and what makes the "well, why don't you just try to educate these guys" tack that much more ridiculous. Certain supporters have made it abundantly clear they don't WANT to be educated. That their only purpose and mission is to minimize before shutting the conversation down entirely. And now they'll have to reap what they've sown.