Meh. What an unnecessary comment. I get what he was trying to say, but he made it seem as though only black people are poor by his wording. He did a bit too much.

Girl, white people live everywhere by default. Ain't nothing new.

Yeah people here acting like there's nothing problematic with his comment at all.

As if Bernie knows what its like growing up in the ghetto himself. I cant with this man.

If he was in touch with the AA community, he would of known
Living in ghettos and being poor is a major
Stereotype they have been fighting for years.
He's spent the last 30 years serving a mostly white state and it shows.

Exactly, no lies. I bet it's mainly white ppl getting butthurt about this comment tho... trying to discredit him

To me, it sounds like he was trying to say anything to get on the black community's side even more, and it backfired. Doesn't matter anyway because Hillary is gonna be the candidate.

Bernie is trash. I'm glad the polls are demonstrating that the American population agrees.

This is a mess.

He definitely should have worded his statement better, but in a sense, there are people that associate Minorities (specifically Afro-Americans) with being "Ghetto", "Riff Raff", etc. It's unfortunate, but it's nothing more than a stereotype. Not every black person lives out in "Da Hood, or Da Trap" or wants to get sucked into the lifestyle of gangbanging or any other illicit activity some rap music likes to depict.

I believe some whites/people of other races(Tomi ****ING Lahren, I'm looking especially at YOU) can be a bit ignorant on how lower income blacks sometimes struggle in part, because they haven't truly connected/talked with someone that has had those experiences.

I mean, that's what politicians do. But he did the most and it backfired. He should've thought harder before saying things just for the applause.

Has he ever said he knows what its like? At least he is pushing for this problem to be solved and discussed.

This SailorMoon idiot.

Honestly **** off. Bernie has been fighting for civil rights since the 1960's when he was marching with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and being arrested for protesting racial inequality. But oh, I'm sure you social justice keyboard warriors are really the ones fighting the good fight against racism by throwing a fit over the word "ghetto"

This type of immaturity is the reason that racism still exists today. If you'd all put your effort towards matters of race that actually matter rather than scrambling your brains to be the first person to shout "racism!!!" towards every comment made by someone in the public eye, maybe some real progress against racism could actually be made.

Probably, hes been lagging behind Black voters and his poor choice of words will probably cost him a bit

well he didnt lie so whats the problem

I agree with what you said, but I doubt anyone thinks that Bernie is a racist. At the end of the day, this is a presidential campaign and you have to choose your words wisely. I applaud him for his civil rights activism, and I think hes a good man. His wording and motive regarding this comment is just questionable to me. It wasn't a good comment by any means, but I understand want he was getting at.

The "it's a popular stereotype" defense is terrible

A white man using the struggle of the black community to push his agenda....thats called exploitation. Defend him if you must. Hillary doesnt resort to this kind of cheap talk to garner support which is why im voting for her.