Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Biden's answer on 'repairing the legacy of slavery' and 'inequality in schools and race' [View all]BlueWI
(1,736 posts)Biden needs to improve his communication on these issues. The nation and black communities in particular are facing stalled progress towards the goal of greater equality, and a return of blaming the victim rhetoric is not what's needed. It's not productive to think of it as a personal attack on Biden - that's just dismissing a lot of honest opinion from those who find these statements not only problematic but easy to avoid by simply stopping the habit of improving answers on racial issues. The spotlight is going to be on when there's a gotcha question about Biden's even more problematic past statements. The campaign team and supporters need to lose the defensiveness, listen to the criticism, and refine the communication strategy. I'm not even supporting Biden in the primaries and I really hope his team improves. If he wins the nomination, he needs to be better at these issues.
And it's not just a short term political issue. There's a reality of unequal opportunity that is faced every day we don't take well-designed action to move forward. There's nothing wrong with expecting better from the potential nominee of the one major party in the USA that cares at all about these issues.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided