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Showing Original Post only (View all)King: The idea of an African-American firewall for Hillary Clinton is deeply insulting [View all]
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/king-african-american-firewall-clinton-insulting-article-1.2521962
All of that, though, was before Michelle Alexander, a law professor at Ohio State University, wrote The New Jim Crow which may be the most widely discussed book in the Black Lives Matter movement and in circles of anyone who cares about human rights and mass incarceration.
In it, in painstaking detail, Alexander shows how President Bill Clinton, with the expressed support of Hillary Clinton, who publicly called young black children "super-predators," ushered in a new era of mass incarceration in communities of color. While it had roots in the 1970s and 1980s, Bill Clinton doubled down in the most destructive ways imaginable.
Knowing this, Alexander felt the need to state her thoughts on the Clinton campaign publicly last week. It wasn't pretty.
"If anyone doubts that the mainstream media fails to tell the truth about our political system (and its true winners and losers), the spectacle of large majorities of black folks supporting Hillary Clinton in the primary races ought to be proof enough. I can't believe Hillary would be coasting into the primaries with her current margin of black support if most people knew how much damage the Clintons have done the millions of families that were destroyed the last time they were in the White House thanks to their boastful embrace of the mass incarceration machine and their total capitulation to the right-wing narrative on race, crime, welfare and taxes. There's so much more to say on this topic and it's a shame that more people aren't saying it. I think it's time we have that conversation."
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King: The idea of an African-American firewall for Hillary Clinton is deeply insulting [View all]
eridani
Feb 2016
OP
Trying to divide the black population to pay for your FREE stuff. Shame on you.
politicaljunkie41910
Feb 2016
#18
Her divisive posture on Obama, MLK, Jessie Jackson, Rev. Wright, and others weren't enough?
TheBlackAdder
Feb 2016
#32
I'm neutral, but being a poli-sci continuing ed student, I'm seeing things that are affecting that!
TheBlackAdder
Feb 2016
#66
I miss Olbermann. Thank goodness Bernie saved us from being stuck with Hillary
johnlucas
Feb 2016
#121
If Hillary can lose half the white vote, I'm sure shes quite capable of losing half the black vote!
reformist2
Feb 2016
#2
Just invite her to your community. Eventually she alienates everyone who isn't exactly like her.
reformist2
Feb 2016
#46
That is new to me as well and I thought I had heard it all coming from her. nt
m-lekktor
Feb 2016
#25
Addressing the causes though takes empathy and might not be profitable in the short term.
polly7
Feb 2016
#98
WOW!!! Hillary is Done! This is the Age of the Internet! Can't hide behind lies anymore
johnlucas
Feb 2016
#124
Then email it. Make homemade CDs. Play it on your phone for somebody. We gotta spread this message!
johnlucas
Feb 2016
#126
Hearing her speak on tour when this book came out was a major highlight for me that year
eridani
Feb 2016
#28
well one in this thread claimed that "super predators" was taken out of context. So there is that.
SammyWinstonJack
Feb 2016
#137
If she addresses their concerns, why can't she come out with a social justice platform
jeff47
Feb 2016
#36
So why can't she use that relationship to create a social justice platform that passess muster? (nt)
jeff47
Feb 2016
#39
No, but wouldn't someone with such a strong relationship be able to satisfy them? (nt)
jeff47
Feb 2016
#44
On what issues does she resonate with you over Sanders? You do realize that she supports
rhett o rick
Feb 2016
#103
Your response says a lot. You did not say anything about what issues that you
rhett o rick
Feb 2016
#105
Good grief and she is more prone to support laws that will encarcerate AA.
rhett o rick
Feb 2016
#109
I would look at the big picture but the condescending lectures have blinded me.
bravenak
Feb 2016
#110
Could it be that people are trying to provide political information on a political message board?
Fantastic Anarchist
Feb 2016
#135
And then there are the PMs where she said she was just pretending to like Hillary.
kath
Feb 2016
#54
"Fighting" = pre-empting and running roughshod over an independent organization's--
eridani
Feb 2016
#151
She puts up a good front. But she supports the rich and the rich are the ones that have created
rhett o rick
Feb 2016
#107
Do you understand that we are involved in a class war and Hillary Clinton and her $50,000,000
rhett o rick
Feb 2016
#111
I understand we are involved in a fight against white supremacist beliefs and the system
bravenak
Feb 2016
#112
There are valid reasons why many African American and other voters do not support Sanders
Gothmog
Feb 2016
#41
We notice he has issues with Obama and does not seems pleased with his presidency
bravenak
Feb 2016
#48
President Obama is NOT a progressive! So why on Earth should Bernie be expected to call him one?
Utopian Leftist
Feb 2016
#65
The preception is that many Sanders supporters and surrogates do not share your view
Gothmog
Feb 2016
#88