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In reply to the discussion: This message was self-deleted by its author [View all]bravenak
(34,648 posts)I have FB friends I have never met in person. Since it's online. Maybe try reading Lipstick alley so you can get a feel for what black people are talking about and why I am saying what I am saying. I figured this would happen when all the black chat rooms were discussing the lack of black people around Bernie in this presidential campaign. Asking where he at? Why doesn't he come down and talk to black folks face to face instead of just talking police brutality and unemployment? Nobody seems to care about marches from 50 years ago or his voting record. They want to know why he doesn't come and speak to them like equals. He needs to do it or this will not stop happening. That's why Hillary takes herself to black churches and calls her black homegirls up to see what's going on. We knew in advance that BLM would be there. And we know what they do. Protest. Why didn't Bernie know? No black folks on his staff to tell him. That's a problem.
Even though I support his candidacy, his avoidance of face to face communications with regular black people is noticeable at this point. We don't want to be a throway line in a campain speech so that the speaker can get back to what matters to white folks. Too much fucked up shit is hapoening to black people to not go in deep if you want support. He could steal the support Hillary has by simply stopping and sitting down and making an effort to conciously reach out to people of color and having plenty of us around him. We-black people- still feel nervous in a room filled with white folks, we search out others who resemble us and try to sit near them. White people never really have to be anywhere where they are the minority. It is very uncomfortable for us.