Why does Hillary Clinton get a free pass on institutional racism?

[mhatrw]

What has Hillary or her husband done to reduce the incarceration rates of POC?

What has Hillary or her husband done to address racial inequities in the criminal justice system?

What has Hillary or her husband done to address racial inequities in unemployment?

talking the talk <> walking the walk

[JI7]

1. she isn't getting a pass . that's what she was protested about

[mhatrw]

3. Protested about?

Do you mean her polite listening session with a BLM focus group?

[JI7]

4. blm focus group ?

[mhatrw]

5. I was being facetious.

To be serious, if Clinton was actually protested, then I missed the footage.

[artislife]

6. It is a mystery. nt

[Chitown Kev]

7. Why do you assume that she gets a pass?

I (speaking for myself) have not given Hillary Clinton a pass.

[mhatrw]

8. I have yet to see one OP here putting Hillary's feet to the fire on social justice issues.

Where, oh, where can they be?

[840high]

9. Try the Clinton Group

[riversedge]

10. Check out her website. It was one of the first speeches she gave.

[mhatrw]

11. As I said, talking the talking <> walking the walk

[Maedhros]

12. Because, like illegal war, "institutional racism" is only a horrible thing when Hillary's opponents

do it. When Hillary supports institutional racism - such as by appointing private prison industry lobbyists to influential fundraising bundling positions in her campaign - it's no big deal.

[appalachiablue]

18. The 2.2 million US prisoners, largely black and hispanic are the largest incarcerated

population in the world including authoritarian, communist China. It's a disgrace of 20 years which brings in massive profits for corporations and shareholders that run these lucrative operations like CCA, the Corrections Corporation of America and the GEO Group.
These prisoners lives, families and communities are permanently damaged by harsher sentencing and stricter laws imposed by Clinton's 'tough on crime' legislation in the 90s, for which he apologized last spring saying to the NAACP 'we went too far'. Indeed, and look at the irreparable harm.

Bernie and others have spoken out forcefully against the brutal unjust incarceration and PIC corruption in THE NEW JIM CROW era that black legal scholar MICHELLE ALEXANDER researched and authored an award winning book about several years ago.
Fortunately Bernie Sanders and others are speaking out forcefully against this privatization racket that must end! American 'exceptionalism'? Not by a long shot! and endemic to this country's rapid decline into 2nd world status, except for the 1% and investor class that benefit.

[Gman]

13. How old are you?

If you're old enough to rember you would.

If you're not, just know the world did not begin when you noticed it. Do your research.

[jeff47]

14. Which parts of her record would you like to use to refute that?

When she lobbied for her husband's "Tough on crime" bills?

How about the horrors of welfare in "It Takes a Village"?

How about her continued support of things like Glass-Steagall repeal and general support of banks. You know, the people who pushed "subprime" loans on minority borrowers who could qualify for better loans?

Oh! You could use the bills she introduced as Senator to try and deal with the problem...except there aren't any.

I know! Let's look at her 2008 campaign. It's not like she campaigned as "the one who can get white voters" and had an army of surrogates dogwhistling like crazy...oh wait, she did.

[Gman]

15. The world did not begin 12 years ago.

[jeff47]

16. Good thing I referenced things further back than 2003. (nt)

[appalachiablue]

17. These actions by HRC and surrogates in 2008 are well embedded in recent memory, to last.

And surrogates like McCaskill, Gutierrez and others are at it again.