Hillary Clinton's Black History

[nashville_brook]

In case you weren't alive, or missed the 90s due to whatever reason, here's a summary of Hillary Clinton's role in the recent history of African Americans.

Posting for pre-South Carolina discussion.

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[99th_Monkey]

1. But, Bill played his saxophone! nt

[Thinkingabout]

2. Do you have a link to Sanders helpful activities for Black History?

[TheBlackAdder]

14. Perhaps it's next to the links where he screws them over or disses them, like in this clip!

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The really good screwing over happens at the 7 minute mark, MLK, Jesie jackson, Rev. Wright, Obama...

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[Thinkingabout]

19. Where is the information about Sanders being helpful in activities for Black History? I thought

when Olbermann was saying senator I thought that was your link to Sanders. No wonder Olbermann lost his position, too damn much spin.

[nashville_brook]

35. blahahahahaahaaaa! you really do need to watch the video.

[Thinkingabout]

37. What video? I have not seen any link to any video of what Sanders has done

concerning Black History.

[kath]

3. Thanks for posting this here. Well worth the time to watch!

[oasis]

6. Time on your hands? Read Gary Webb's "Dark Alliance".

It will give you an idea of that period and the impact of crack cocaine in the black community.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. Crack is an insidious drug...

I actually watched a young woman whom I know smoke it... They call a crack pipe the "glass d---", google it. But she didn't even bother to use a pipe. Like most addicts she would take a soda can, make a hole in the middle, put some silver foil in the hole, and place the rock in it. Then she would go out to sell herself to get the next fix. They used to call them "rock stars" because they were hooked on rock cocaine...

She said she knew guys who would spend money on rocks before they would spend money on deodorant...

Oh, she was white.

[oasis]

13. The crack cocaine epidemic set many families back an entire generation. n/t

[nashville_brook]

22. right, but the crack epidemic didn't target white communities.

read Dark Alliance.

it's on Audible too.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. I knew two crack addicts personally and they were both white.

This was in Orlando in the early 90s. I suspect they are both dead. I lost track of my friend after she started selling herself on the SOBT to buy rocks.


I have enormous empathy for addicts, dealers not so much.

[nashville_brook]

33. right, but the crack epidemic didn't target white communities.

and the fallout from it, such as incarceration, death and economic impact -- was not paid for by the white community.

[UglyGreed]

18. But you know what drives MOST people to take

drugs??? Despair and hopelessness. Lack of opportunity and EDUCATION.

[oasis]

20. I agree. n/t

[Buzz cook]

26. Which doesn't explain the cocaine use of

rich white people.

[UglyGreed]

28. Being rich does not

mean you are happy and not living in DESPAIR. There are many reasons for such addictions and why people choose to mask their pain and sorrows with drink and drugs....... SMH

[Duval]

38. You are SO correct! Being rich, in my experience, meant what I had were "things".

In a previous marriage I had all the clothes, big house, blah blah blah, but NO companionship or love. Despair gave way to Depression.

[UglyGreed]

40. Thank you for your reply

it seems that people automatically believe money equals happiness. There are many people who were hurt earlier on in life and even though they become successful they still suffer. I hope you are doing better and found a way to cope with your struggles.

[oasis]

4. Gang members with automatic weapons terrorizing the community.

Murder, drive by shootings, armed robbery, witness intimidation, out of control sales and distribution of crack cocaine.

Those were the conditions urban communities had to live under during that period. Community leadership was begging for a remedy.

[nashville_brook]

8. oh, it's so much more than that! you should actually watch it

[azmom]

10. I did. It's a damning record of the Clinton's

Social justice record. Very powerful.

[Buzz cook]

27. Umm for Reagan/Bush you mean.

It was their actions that fueled the crack epidemic. Then the right wing blamed them on Clinton with their Mena Airport narrative.

[azmom]

36. The Clintons were just trying to help us

by bringing us to heel?

[Buzz cook]

48. I don't understand

What you've typed makes no sense.

[TM99]

32. Do you honestly believe that gangs are not doing that still?

I am sorry that is hilarious.

[oasis]

43. I'm referring to the time worn "Super predator" video which

Keeps popping up.

[TM99]

44. John Lewis and others knew exactly what

and who she was referring to.

Nice try though.

[oasis]

45. So what? I just posted what I was referring to.

Btw, John Lewis endorsed Hillary, in case you haven't been paying attention.

[leftofcool]

5. Guess what? AA's don't care what she said back then.

She was talking about gangs of all ethnic groups and AA's know it. Keep trying.

[nashville_brook]

7. you should actually educate yourself b/c the hits will come.

[leftofcool]

29. I guess you haven't been paying attention?

Try listening to what AA's are actually saying.

[azmom]

9. That is such a sad response. Keep trying.

[Dragonfli]

12. The video discusses what she did BACK THEN all the way up until the present

If you can bother your mind with some more recent history, watch the video and comment on it, rather tan just the still frame you see before not even watching it.

What is it that you are so afraid of to learn about your candidate that you wont even watch her history on blavck issues from the early years all the way through to present day?
Why so afraid huh? Why?

[nashville_brook]

16. i think fear is a big part of it -- once you know a little bit of what Clinton did in 2008

it's understandable that anyone would want to cover their eyes to the rest of it.

you just can't un-see it.

you can't un-see the 3 a.m. ad. -- or the "Jack Kennedy was killed June" comment." -- or the "I've got experience, Obama's only got a speech from 2002" nonsense.

it's all there. folks can CHOOSE to ignore it. but that doesn't make it magically disappear.

[Duval]

41. And it points to "character".

I want to know about the character of the person running for President, that I may vote with necessary information on hand.

[nashville_brook]

51. character has been a major question for the Clintons since the beginning.

i refused to see it for almost a solid decade. even explained away bill's extramarital problems as an "everyman" thing -- as in "most people deal with these things, so why should we demand more of our president." sheesh. talk about brainwashed.

[TheBlackAdder]

15. Tone deaf!

[nashville_brook]

21. that happens when folks have their fingers in their ears

going "LALALALALALA...I can't hear you...LALALALALA"

[Uncle Joe]

24. That was a most powerful video.

Thanks for the thread, nashville_brook.

[olddots]

25. ooops lets sweep this under the big rug

[nashville_brook]

30. it's getting crowded under there...with the looming subpoenas and all.

[nashville_brook]

34. from the Arkansas days, they know how to leverage racist white people (rich and poor)

in order to gain votes.

"TOUGH ON CRIME"!!! because every white american should be scared to death of black people, and we should be building more prisons!

"WELFARE TO WORK"!! because (as the messaging goes) white americans shouldn't have to pull the load for others.

"THE 3 AM PHONE CALL"!! because an African American Commander-in-Chief can't be trusted with your country? wtf?

[DirkGently]

39. Wow. n/t

[highprincipleswork]

42. Well worth remembering, all of this.

[madfloridian]

46. Great video.

[arcane1]

47. The reversal of the republican "Southern Strategy"

Trying to lure racists back into the Democratic party.

And they are fooling us even today.

But no longer.

[nashville_brook]

50. the Dem's Southern Strategy was heralded in the 90s.

it was the magic New Dem/Blue Dog way and everyone fell for it.

[arcane1]

52. And they're still falling for it today :( n/t