Perhaps it's oft-repeated because many AA DUers have been trying (Reply #53)

In the discussion thread: Mothers of slain men knock Sanders for 'ghetto' comment [View all]

Tue Mar 8, 2016, 10:36 AM

auntpurl (4,311 posts)

53. Perhaps it's oft-repeated because many AA DUers have been trying

to explain this very point over and over again, only to be met with accusations that it's a smear campaign or racial dogwhistling.

I've read the whole thread. The post that most resonated with me is that the mothers of these murdered children live in middle-class communities. Black people aren't getting killed because they live in ghettos, whether they do or not (I object to the term "ghetto", but that's beside the point). Black people are getting killed because they're black. When has Bernie ever addressed this point in the campaign? Not in terms of socioeconomic injustice, but just racism, by itself?

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68 replies	Author	Time	Post
Mothers of slain men knock Sanders for 'ghetto' comment [View all]	msanthrope	Mar 2016	OP
Bet this one won't get as much play as Ashley Williams	vdogg	Mar 2016	#1
It will get play in Michigan....and Illinois, and Ohio. DU? Meh. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#2
''Play'' as in ''Use.''	Octafish	Mar 2016	#3
Only from Camp Spinnerette does it become a BFD.	nc4bo	Mar 2016	#5
What is the real deal that these mothers are missing? nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#13
Google "private prisons" nt	vintx	Mar 2016	#18
I am glad they spoke up about this issue	riversedge	Mar 2016	#68
After that, tell me Hill's position on declassifying marijuana as a less dangerous drug	vintx	Mar 2016	#19
Cherry picking like Dubya's WMD claims is only admired as a skill set by Beltway assholes.	Spitfire of ATJ	Mar 2016	#59
So Sanders repeated what someone told him without thinking it through for himself.	randome	Mar 2016	#24
The mothers were not talking 'bullshit'	Spacedog1973	Mar 2016	#30
You think these AA women are allowing themselves to be used? nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#8
It's OBVIOUSLY Stockhom Syndrome.	Dr Hobbitstein	Mar 2016	#23
You seem to be getting some use out of them whether they're allowing it or not.	Ed Suspicious	Mar 2016	#50
Yes, that is where i counts.	riversedge	Mar 2016	#11
And Wisconsin. The mother of Dontre Hamilton has been with these moms.	PeaceNikki	Mar 2016	#39
Her entire campaign is based on smears	CoffeeCat	Mar 2016	#40
I'm disgusted with the distortions being used against Bernie. Having followed him since the 70s	flamingdem	Mar 2016	#47
Ms. Fulton did not live in a ghetto	JustAnotherGen	Mar 2016	#4
Well, exactly.	auntpurl	Mar 2016	#6
+1	NCTraveler	Mar 2016	#25
My dad - a few months before he died	JustAnotherGen	Mar 2016	#31
Charles Ogletree wrote an entire book	DemocratSinceBirth	Mar 2016	#34
stupid....in fact idiotic	pipoman	Mar 2016	#7
Apparently, some people do give a shit. nt	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#9
Only primary partisans...this hasn't a thing to do with what was said	pipoman	Mar 2016	#12
You think these mothers and other AA persons who took offense are merely primary	msanthrope	Mar 2016	#14
Yep, I do	pipoman	Mar 2016	#15
It is about....	pipoman	Mar 2016	#17
If you believe	DemocratSinceBirth	Mar 2016	#22
Nobody said "all"...nobody	pipoman	Mar 2016	#26
But Sanders did not say	CoffeeCat	Mar 2016	#43
They don't care about honesty or truthfulness	pipoman	Mar 2016	#66
So, there should be no more threads about the "Super Predators "statement either.	vdogg	Mar 2016	#41
I have no idea what you are on about	pipoman	Mar 2016	#67
Sanders looked to clean up his comments about ghettos on Monday (but Failed again)...	riversedge	Mar 2016	#10
I lived about three miles from where Trayvon was murdered.	DemocratSinceBirth	Mar 2016	#16
Did Sanders say a single thing about Martin? Did he say his name?	pipoman	Mar 2016	#20
He suggested black people are mired in poverty and live in ghettos.	DemocratSinceBirth	Mar 2016	#27
Thos is the definition of "white privilege" that so many	pipoman	Mar 2016	#28
White privilege means	DemocratSinceBirth	Mar 2016	#32
Cue the outrage machine...	MattSh	Mar 2016	#21
I thought Sanders' claim that white people don't know what it's like to be poor	Trust Buster	Mar 2016	#29
When I was a kid we had friends who lived in trailer parks.	DemocratSinceBirth	Mar 2016	#33
I see your point, in contrast to relating blacks to being poor he said whites were at the oppoiste	YCHDT	Mar 2016	#44
I think the issue is that Sanders sees the world and its problems	Kber	Mar 2016	#35
Excellent analysis. Thanks for the effort.	Trust Buster	Mar 2016	#36
k&r	DesertRat	Mar 2016	#37
I agree he's out of touch. He means we'll but it's just about sealed his fate with the black vote.	JRLeft	Mar 2016	#38
David Brock said, "Black lives don't matter much to Bernie Sanders" on January 21.	CoffeeCat	Mar 2016	#54
I'm pretty disgusted with the way Bernie has been mischaracterized regarding race	flamingdem	Mar 2016	#42
It's not JUST this statement, for the most part people are forgiving but in Sanders case its	YCHDT	Mar 2016	#45
Bullshit. This is an issue cooked up to destroy his credibility	flamingdem	Mar 2016	#49
Being skilled at politics is an important skill to have when you're running for President	auntpurl	Mar 2016	#51
Thanks for the oft repeated talking point	flamingdem	Mar 2016	#52
Perhaps it's oft-repeated because many AA DUers have been trying	auntpurl	Mar 2016	#53
See from the context that they were discussing certain people	flamingdem	Mar 2016	#60
Did he not say that whites don't know what it's like to be poor ?	Trust Buster	Mar 2016	#46
He did not.	OriginalGeek	Mar 2016	#48
adding more - not to obfuscate, but to get it all out there	OriginalGeek	Mar 2016	#55
Respect to the mothers and the hell they've gone through.	Amimnoch	Mar 2016	#56
Guess they've problems with Rich Boy and John Legend then as well	EndElectoral	Mar 2016	#57
Yet she seems fine	Geronimoe	Mar 2016	#58
Okay.The privileged wealthy -- black, white and whatever -- can be ignorant of poverty and ghettos.	Festivito	Mar 2016	#61
Except blacks cannot be	JustAnotherGen	Mar 2016	#63
Blacks certainly can be	Festivito	Mar 2016	#64
I highly doubt that	JustAnotherGen	Mar 2016	#65
I agree Sybrina	Sunsky	Mar 2016	#62

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