African Americans are 82.7% of the Detroit population. Notice something?

[RandySF]

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[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I guess Bernie must have packed all the white people in Detroit into that venue.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. Detroit doesn't have a wall, yet.

They'll let anyone in. Including Bernie's audience.

Detroit does have a moat, we call it the Detroit River. It was created to keep pesky Canadians out. It doesn't work very well.

[htuttle]

10. About 90 years ago, that was an advantage

Made it easier to pull sleds of whiskey over from Windsor.

[irisblue]

16. My Poppa did that as a young man.

[RandySF]

14. I do miss the lunchtimes spent walking out to Hart Plaza.

Any sense of who's going to win Tuesday?

[Peacetrain]

2. I saw this earlier in someone elses op.. and it hit me like a ton of bricks...

Things were mighty vanilla in Detroit last night

[spicysista]

3. I 👀....

[Cha]

4. sigh.. yeah

[TwilightZone]

5. "Even the guy wearing the Joe Dumars jersey is white."

That one made me snort.

[TwilightZone]

6. Maybe they were bussed in from Dearborn.

Though, Dearborn also has the largest population of Muslims in the US.

[irisblue]

17. The Five Grosse Points

Their kids

[TwilightZone]

19. Yep, that works.

[RussBLib]

8. Damn. That Clyburn endorsement was BIG - n/t

[dalton99a]

9. Very telling, indeed

[BlueIdaho]

11. Who was the band? nt.

[Hortensis]

12. Wonder how many bussed in. I just looked and MI is

about 3/4 white, reflecting the nation's white percentage in that respect. So while this photo misrepresents Detroit's own turnout for Sanders, all those white faces do say something about the state. Like whitey-white IA and NH.

That said, Sanders needs the MI Democrats he insults and despises to join his base in giving him a BIG majority, just a little one won't do, and they're unlikely to oblige. Also noting his famous opposition to keeping America's auto industry from being forced into closing down.

The auto factory jobs multiplier was approximately 11 at that time. That is, "for every job on an automobile or light-truck assembly line, ten additional jobs are created or supported in the economy."

Why does it so often seem that Sanders believes his dream of socialist revolution depends on collapse and desperation?

[NurseJackie]

13. Hmmm... let me see...

Hey! Where the black folks at?

[StarfishSaver]

18. LOL!

[grantcart]

27. BAAAAM

[caraher]

15. It's Detroit

Nobody was bused in... there's a car for every body in that room

The Detroit metropolitan area is about 70% white - I'd expect a big even in that venue to reflect those demographics and not those of the city proper.

Still... I'm sure a Biden rally in the same place would have looked very different!

[Lexblues]

20. Maybe they're Canadians?

[getagrip_already]

21. Hey, at least it's an all minority audience......

For the area anyway. )

[NCProgressive]

22. I was looking at several pictures to see some diversity

I was unsuccessful

[NurseJackie]

23. There's a reason.

We all know what it is.

[Ouimette]

24. he brags about a multiracial coalition

Doesn't look like one.

[Cha]

25. KR

[dewsgirl]

26. Is this an actual statistic? I have never in my life heard

this.

[Hekate]

28. That is an impressive feat!

[onetexan]

29. So umm...did Bernie bring up support of AAs in front of this non-diverse crowd?

[MineralMan]

30. Uh, no, not really.

He changed his speech for the event.

[onetexan]

31. I meant my question to be rhetorical,but thanks MM!

[MineralMan]

32. I knew you did, but not everyone follows stuff that closely.

So, I explained it to make it clear.

Thanks for your post!