2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Kos: A Black Man's take on NN/BLM dustup: "Black Folks No on Bernie? Really?" [View all]Cha
(297,154 posts)Next year Netroots is going to be in St Louis..
"In a statement, Netroots Nation Executive Director Raven Brooks stood with the protesters. Although we wish the candidates had more time to respond to the issues, what happened today is reflective of an urgent moment that America is facing today, Brooks said. Next years conference will take place in St. Louis, close to Ferguson, and local leaders of the #BlackLivesMatter movement will be directly engaged, Brooks added. We plan to work with activists there just as we did in Phoenix, to amplify issues like racial profiling and police brutality in a major way.
http://www.newrepublic.com/article/122329/bernie-sanders-and-martin-omalley-failed-their-blacklivesmatter-test
Imani Gandy @AngryBlackLady
If I see one more Bernie acolyte mention that he marched with MLK, I'm going to burn the Internet to the ground. @EdDescault @Eclectablog
4:23 AM - 19 Jul 2015
That @AngryBlackLady tweet, sent out to her 35,000 followers, inspired Roderick Morrowwho runs the Black Guy Who Tips comedy podcast with his wife, Karento launch the mocking hashtag #BernieSoBlack:
Morrow, who goes by @rodimusprime on Twitter and has more than 11,000 followers, said he was surprised his impromptu hashtag suddenly took off. I just thought it was a funny joke! he told The Daily Beast. But he added that his lighthearted jab was rooted in a serious concern about Sanderss candidacy.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/07/19/blacktwitter-turns-on-bernie-sanders.html
Shout Out to the African American Group: Vindicated!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1187&pid=18544