2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Very intersting opinion piece by a Black man on the Sanders campaign [View all]HassleCat
(6,409 posts)"Hillary needs us. She has few others in her corner. In a way she is more beholden to the black vote than Obama was. This is a powerful position that is the product of political caprice. If she plays us shes done. Shes predictable and familiar. We cant say the same about Sanders."
And that's fine. That's the way politics is done in the US of A. Most of us don't like to admit it, and black people are more honest about it than other demographics. Sanders is trying to upset the relationship established between many white politicians and black voters, and that upsets the white politicians, of course, but -- Surprise! -- it upsets many of the black voters, too. By the way, there is nothing really offensive in the linked article, as far as I can see. Most of it makes perfect sense. You can say, "But...but...but... it shouldn't be that way!" But it is that way.