Remember when Bernie said social justice must wait for economic justice?

[MADem]

179. The complaint had to do with the OP characterization. Was it, or was it not, KINDER than the NPR

title? That was MY point.

All that bit you're quoting (that was also quoted in the OP) sounds like SHIT to someone with any amount of melanin. It sounds like the same old "We'll take care of the WHITE folks, and you people can come take the leftovers off our table."

You SHOULD be basing your politics on your color--because that "economic" bullshit isn't going to put jobs in the inner city, schools in the inner city, community--as opposed to head-bashing-policing in the inner city, or even fix the POTHOLES in the inner city. And -- mind you -- "inner city" is an old term, that doesn't apply anymore in many cities. Why? Because the poor folks have all been pushed OUT of big chunks of the "inner city" and now they live in run down communities on the outskirts of these gentrified cities where moms push their double strollers down the streets where there used to be drive-bys, and complain about the dog poop that the dog walkers haven't picked up.

This is NOT a "We're all in this together" scenario. It's a big fat honking--and dare I say WHITE--lie. So long as black people are the last hired and the first fired, "economic justice" ain't gonna do it. All that "common interest" crap is just that--crap. It's real easy to talk common interest when they're firing five people, and you know it won't be you because you're white and there are five black guys working in the shop. Does this sound harsh? It should. Because it is some harsh, hard truth. And way too many white people just aren't copping to it, and they need to start GETTING IT. Black people aren't going to sit quietly waiting for their pie-in-the-sky anymore. One asshole is the same as the next. There's not much difference between a Democratic or "progressive" leader who ignores their concerns, and a Republican leader who does the same. Screw them all.

Betsy Warren gets this. Who knows, maybe she's gonna change her mind and run. She gave the speech Bernie should have given months ago this past Sunday.