2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The Rise Of Bernie Sanders And The PANIC Of The Third Way Democratic Centrists [View all]cprise
(8,445 posts)for reasons that are well established.
Our world has, in fact, been re-structured around money and there is now nothing that isn't considered fair game as a profit scheme, from water systems to police forces and prisons. You're not going to see much discussion about race or any other issue without reference to the extreme version of capitalism we've been saddled with.
So I'd ask you to consider to what extent the violence and repression against blacks is driven by big business. Your earlier unfair assessment of Sanders (having to be publicly shamed to act on race?) suggests to me that consideration is lacking.
Also, my understanding of racist themes (and "race" itself) is as a pseudo-scientific idea from the 1800s used to justify slavery and discrimination. Many scholars consider explicit racism a capitalist invention, and MLK himself saw economics intrinsically tied to racial justice (he thought democratic socialism may be a necessary prerequisite for racial justice; I have no doubt MLK influenced Sanders directly).