Yes She Can: Why Hillary Clinton will do more for black people than Obama
What can Hillary Clinton do for black people as president? She possesses neither her husband’s performative charisma with black folk, nor Obama’s undeniable blackness. She must instead wield the sort of power that politicians would, in a better world, solely rely on: public policy. If we were betrayed by Bill Clinton, and suffered dashed hopes under Obama, maybe, just maybe, we will get from Hillary Clinton what we most need and truly deserve: a set of political practices and policies that reinforce the truth that black lives must, and do, finally matter.
On the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton has exhibited a greater sophistication about race, increased sensitivity about how blackness is lived in our country, and a deeper awareness of how the small brutalities of racism rend the fabric of the social compact after first spoiling the flesh of those at the bottom of society. If there were disturbing racial echoes in Hillary’s first attempt to gain the White House, what’s to guarantee we won’t get blinkered in a fog of racial sensitivity now? Has Hillary Clinton changed? Have we?
A lot more at https://newrepublic.com/article/124391/yes-she-can
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But someone named Killer Mike should be praised.
Please recheck your facts, or at least pay attention to who said what.
Roguevalley is the one that said she refused to attend, not me.
Just a clarification 
The coach of the Third Way Patriots deflates the ball before the kick these days.
They talk big, but when it comes to action: crickets.Tell them to meet with me for lunch at the McDonalds* near Topanga And Erwin and I will buy them lunch (that's all a plebeian like me can afford) and I will gently show them the error of their ways.
*There are a lot of tony restaurants near by but my budget will be < $15.00 for the three of us...Please let them know in advance.
So...maybe...just maybe...we PoC will get what we need and truly deserve. He does not say that yes, we definitely will and here is why. He says, maybe, just maybe.
What a load of speculative bullshit.
And pray tell, where on the campaign trail did Clinton exhibit a greater sophistication about race, an increased sensitivity, and a deeper awareness about racism in this society?
Was it when she said 'all lives matter' in a church outside Ferguson? Or maybe it was the time she had BLM activists removed from her speech? Or perhaps it was the time when Clinton told BLM activists, Yeah, well, respectfully, if that is your position, then I will talk only to white people about how we are going to deal with a very real problem. ? Or, wait, I know, was it that time recently when she had to apologize for calling undocumented immigrants "illegal immigrants"?
How anyone with two brain cells can deny this reality and still argue with a straight face that Clinton will be a savior for PoC is literally beyond me. Dyson is in a wonderful state of cognitive dissonance with this puff piece.
I used welfare reform as but one example.
As a PoC, it is just a wee bit important to me though. And guess what? Welfare reform, the drug war, and for profit prisons are three big issues for PoC stemming from the Clintons.
But yeah, we are such a tiny tiny segment of the voting population.
Go back to your sexism defense. Mind reading isn't your strong suit.
You make gross assumptions and accuse members here of being sexist.
When we push back against that with the worst thing I said is that you are a poor mind reader, you now claim that it is a personal attack on you and your family with learning disabilities.
No, I will not apologize to you. Especially since this has ZERO to do with any sort of learning disability. How about you apologize to this bi-racial man for your gross assumptions about single issue voting when the Clinton 1990's 'reforms' have been devastating to me, my family, and my community.
Yeah, I didn't think so.
You are more than welcome to put me on Ignore.
For me this is a very serious campaign season, and I expect arguments, dissension, and conflicts.
Lots of people both with and without Aspergers make assumptions. These little 'mind reading' attempts get in the way of direct and honest communication. And any of us can learn to stop doing it as well.
Accusing you of being a mind reader was definitely not a hint at you having Aspergers. How would I even have known that about you? As far as I know, this is my first time interacting with you here.
Now, how would you even know that I about me? I have Aspergers, and I am a psychologist. Now you know that about me because I have shared it directly with you and now others as well who read this. I am not my labels any more than you are yours.
I am sorry you were hurt in the past(I can empathize from my own experiences), and if you make the assumption that I am doing the same without direct communication to the affirmative, you are potentially 'attacking' yourself while defending against an imagined slight instead of a real insult.
So I would like to move past this and whether we agree or not, it is still not sexist to strongly challenge Clinton on her husband's positions when she herself has owned them as part of her own legacy. Fair enough?
The internet can be wonderful, scary, connective, and depersonalizing all at the same time. 
I am glad we resolved things as well. Take care.
...put Rosa Parks on a campaign logo!
dripping and oozing with