2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Mothers of slain men knock Sanders for 'ghetto' comment [View all]CoffeeCat
(24,411 posts)as you said, "all African Americans are mired in poverty and live in ghettos."
He did not say that at all.
Sanders was asked about his blind spots. He gave several examples. One example was about his friend in DC--who was obviously a very accomplished, successful person. They were attending the same conference and Bernie was blown back because this black man refused to even try to hail a cab--because his colleague indicated that the cabs routinely wouldn't stop for him.
Bernie was shocked and disgusted by that. And he used that example to illustrate that he can't possibly know what that is like.
Bernie also said that he can't possibly know what it is like to be profiled or dragged from your car, and treated poorly by the police.
The question was about blind spots. He also said the comment about "not knowing what it's like to live in a ghetto". He wasn't saying that all black people live there. Or that no white people live there. He was talking about his own blind spots.
He used several examples. But people are taking one line and hammering on it--without talking about the other things he said.