Reality Check for Democrats: Would Martin Luther King Be Supporting Bernie?

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14. Maybe how he's wrapped it isn't appetizing

Maybe that it's not written by a black leader or someone that was close to MLK hurts it's perceived credibility.

Maybe saying "King himself supported democratic socialism" goes too far trying to put that label on it.

But there is no escaping MLK was very concerned with economic unfairness for blacks. Here's a quote of his that stuck with me:

"We cannot be satisfied as long as the negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one."
MLK "I Have A Dream" speech 1963

At least, 27% of blacks, if not more, are still in that ghetto.

The one candidate who has been consistently against that and for getting people out of poverty since before he heard the above quote in 1963 is Bernie Sanders.