2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: The "PoC don't support Bernie because they don't know him" claim is actually true [View all]Dustlawyer
(10,499 posts)The problem is, Americans are ignorant generally speaking. The propaganda from the MSM has encouraged this.
Bernie was a white man fighting and getting arrested for the rights of black people in 1963, the year I was born. I'm 52 years old. No, he wasn't a big leader of the Civil Rights movement, but he did it! Unlike blacks at the time, he did not have a personal stake in the situation. He wasn't denied admittance to hotels and restaurants. He wasn't beaten because he looked at a white woman, he did it because it was the right thing to do! Not everyone, black or white, that fought for civil rights back then became a household name. Bernie hasn't bragged about his role all of these years, but he has been consistent in his fight for equality for all Americans. To me that is heroic! That is why when blacks learn about him they become supporters.