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In reply to the discussion: Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bernie Sanders, and Reparations [View all]MADem
(135,425 posts)They're way behind equality in housing, equality in treatment by law enforcement, equality in access to loans, equality in access to decent public education, equality in access to neighborhood businesses like grocery stores, banks, and discount department stores, etc.
If I'm "race framing" it's because there IS a difference in the priorities of people based on race. White people don't have to worry about getting told "That apartment has been rented" when the landlord figures out what color they are. White people don't have to deal with a higher interest rate on their loan based on the color of their skin. White people don't get shit from the police because they're white. Why are you playing like "We're all the same before the Big Man in the sky took out his box of Crayolas, and colored some of us brown, some of us black, and some of us (WTF) a crayon color called FLESH."
Race FRAMING? How about "race reality." Good grief. There are none so blind as those who will not see. And as for dialogue, Bernie is NOT the guy to get that ball rolling--he doesn't want to piss off his largely white constituency by having any 'troublesome' people of color squawking and raising uncomfortable issues.