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In reply to the discussion: Black Farmer Calls Out Liberal Racism In Powerful Facebook Message [View all]BertNEarnie
(8 posts)I see your point, and I agree with you, but at the same time, I don't really know his situation. I mean, he could be bemoaning the merits of political correctness, if his neighbors don't actually care to have anything to do with him. He could well be correct in what he is saying, and if that is case, his neighbors should try to fix that, and our party should take what he is saying seriously.
Yes, the left and especially Democrats fight for minorities, but at the same time, our primaries were drawn upon certain lines. So, if you look at New York, for instance, parts of gentrified Brooklyn voted one way, Spanish Harlem, where my wife grew up, voted another. The goals are pretty much the same, but there is a rift on the left. I mean, one side of our party is more focused one way, one side says you are not far enough left, the other says you voted on extreme principles because you have a trust fund or happen to be upper middle-class and can get away that. I think a rift exists on the left, imagined or perhaps in some areas or in some instances, very real, and I think it could really hurt us going forward.
I don't know if it is a communication problem, or if our party is so large it cannot reconcile the different causes from certain sides, but I think we got to fix, at least our image on some of this. I have no clue how to do that, but it worries me every day.