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Originally posted by Marvin
But @foxaylove I understand what you're saying. I never disagreed that she hasn't done stuff for black people and minorities in general.
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Gotcha and that's fair enough. I just see too many people discredit her and go as far as to insinuate that HRC is racist, thinks of blacks as a lower class, and/or hasn't done anything for people of color. Things like that baffles me to no end. I for one know she's a flawed woman, it's part of what has made her such a polarizing figure. Watergate and her back-and-forth on trades specifically, frustrates and angers me at times. I have to give her the side-eye whenever the topics come up.
Dr. Cornel West and Killer Mike have been the worst kind of surrogates for Bernie Sanders this campaign cycle. Their messages have rung hollow partially because of their antics. Attempts to try and bridge over the support into the African-American community have been terrible. Those two people serving as the liaison for Bernie is just too much for me. Dr. West's loopy behind is the worst kind of black activist; the same man who praised Obama, but turned on him in typical fashion going as far as calling him a "Rockefeller Republican in blackface."
And had some other quite ignorant comments about President Obama. Then Killer Mike on Twitter trying to say sarcastically that they can't use or say uterus word because it's the new "N******." Like, negro, PLEASE! I think Erica Garner was a GREAT decision on his part to have hit the campaign trail for him. It's like Hillary with the five mothers whose sons' deaths help birth the BLM movement. They were such effective and authentic surrogates to have at events.
Another topic I want to hit on is this black on black support shaming that has been going on. It gets tiring when blacks shame fellow blacks for supporting Hillary in this election without innuendos of being "low information voters." Yes, it's partly "sticking to what's familiar," but also sticking to, "what have you done for me lately?" approach as well. On top of that, for me personally, I just think she's the better well-rounded candidate of the two. The Clintons outreach to the black community is more recent than Bernie's. Not to his own fault though, he does live in Vermont.
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Needless to say though, once this primary wraps up, I sincerely hope that whomever the nominee is, everyone gets behind the nominee. Everybody can say what they want, but when Barak continued to stack delegates, Hillary backed off and fully got behind Obama at the convention, mending fences and uniting the party. The Clintons are team players and supported their party. Bitterness may have been there, but they worked hard behind the scenes and on the trail to help Obama win in 2008 and 2012. He couldn't have won without Hillary's supports, just like she wouldn't have been able to win without his supporters. 2007 and 2008 was a NASTY primary season, but they kissed and made up in the end. The party united in blue. I hope that happens this time as well. Some Bernie fans have me worried and sometimes their shortsightedness is frustrating. This whole argument of Hillary not being able to win without their votes, but it works both ways. Bernie can't win without Hillary's supporters either. The tide must and needs to change in April. A Trump or Cruz presidency is NOT an option.
. He can take a seat next to Ari Auris 
