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UncleTomsEvilBrother

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2. One guess would be...

Reply to RandySF (Original post)

Sat Mar 7, 2020, 02:21 PM

Mar 2020

...is that he (and much of the media) take every opportunity to call Black people "people of color."

As much as I like Bernie(and would vote for him in a New York minute in the general), he hasn't shown any knowledge or interest in centering the unique and special issues of Black people in America.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Why Bernie Sanders Isn't Winning Over Black Voters [View all] RandySF Mar 2020 OP

The Jacobin message also downplays the history of oppressed people bluedye33139 Mar 2020 #1

You use "people of color" UncleTomsEvilBrother Mar 2020 #3

Yes, I did not provide a fully detailed catalog of identities. Thank you. bluedye33139 Mar 2020 #4

...which UncleTomsEvilBrother Mar 2020 #5

One guess would be... UncleTomsEvilBrother Mar 2020 #2

Excellent point. Blue_true Mar 2020 #7

His absence at the Edmund Pettus Bridge MineralMan Mar 2020 #6

This right here padah513 Mar 2020 #8

Mahalo, MM! Cha Mar 2020 #9