Is this Black vs White thing normal for a Democratic race?

[Bread and Circus]

The more it has become a feature of this campaign the more I wonder where this all has come from and whether this is a riff in the Democratic Party that is here to stay.

Who is gonna benefit from all of this? Blacks? Whites? Clinton? Sanders? The Democratic Party?

I don't remember this level of racial animosity in a Democratic race, ever, including 2008. But I haven't followed politics much prior to the 2000's.

To me, it seems like a damn shame.

Certainly does not bode well for the unity of the Party either. Good luck to whoever the nominee is come November. If we have an apathy problem, this will only compound it.

[seaotter]

1. Not since 1968.

[upaloopa]

2. You don't remember Strom Thurmond I take it

[Art_from_Ark]

5. That was 1948

And Strom changed parties in 1964.

[virtualobserver]

3. it tends to be when Clinton's are involved

[AzDar]

6. Ayup.

[daleanime]

4. Party unity?

Ask when the primary is over.

[bravenak]

7. The WHITE vs BLACK thing is all year round

[Bread and Circus]

10. You need to calm down. You don't have to yell.

Just so you know posting in all caps is rude.

[bravenak]

11. PEOPLE love SELECTIVE use of CAPITAL letters here.

I am TRYING to FIT IN.

[Bread and Circus]

12. I think you are just rude.

[boston bean]

24. Look in a mirror.

[leftofcool]

14. They will never get it. No point in trying.

You forgot to tell him you ARE Black.

[bravenak]

16. I know

But you know. It's just. Damn. I dont know.

[Ron Green]

8. It's useful to the ambitious.

[backscatter712]

9. Clinton and her fans are big on insinuating that any opposition is racist or sexist.

If you dare to support Bernie, you're automatically dubbed a BernieBro, and declared to be a racist, sexist shitlord for opposing the coronation.

[in_cog_ni_to]

13. ONLY when a CLINTON is running. It's their David Brock sleaze campaigns. It's what they do...and

she might want to take stock - Millennials HATE THIS SHIT. They are the most anti-labels generation EVER. They HATE racism, political parties, classism, ageism, etc...So, all she's doing is digging her already deep hole, deeper. Keep digging Hill! She will NEVER get the Millennial's vote after this shit.

PEACE
LOVE
BERNIE

[leftofcool]

15. Funny that. All the millennials we know are voting for Hillary.

I bet she will get quite a few.

[davidn3600]

17. The polling data shows they are largely going to Sanders

Same with the exit polls in New Hampshire and Iowa....millennials are for Sanders.

Hillary is winning the 45 and older crowd, and Sanders is winning the under 45 crowd.

Young women especially are gravitating to Sanders which is what provoked the controversial remarks by Albright and Steinem.

[leftofcool]

18. For now and in those two States, you are correct.

In other States that polling is more evenly split.

[in_cog_ni_to]

19. Funny that, I know no one voting for Clinton. n/t

[firebrand80]

20. In America, Race is always the main event nt

[ThePhilosopher04]

21. It's 100% Clinton generated. Bernie has no issues with race ....

He's about lifting all boats. The Clintons are butthurt because Bernie is the real deal, with a real message that speaks directly to the heart and soul of the true liberal progressive. Hillary doesn't have that in her.

[Odin2005]

22. The Establishment is trying to spin Bernie's populism as for white men only.

They are playing on memories of the New Deal and the Populist Movement before that, where blacks were excluded. It is as cynical as it is disgusting.

This is the classic strategy of dividing the working class and making us fight each other while they rob us blind. They used to do this in the old Jim Crow South, threatening White workers that they would all be fired and replaced by Blacks if they unionized.

[DemocraticSocialist8]

23. The black vote has become extremely important over the last few election cycles

It was always important before but with the shifting demographics...you now need the Black Vote to get the nomination. So the pandering is much more obvious nowadays.