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Cha

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21. "..but the civil rights movement!" response isn't just irrelevant, it's insulting." yes, it has
Tue Jul 21, 2015, 03:55 AM
Jul 2015

been.. as witnessed by the Black Community online elsewhere and at DU.

Hillary was talking about racial inequality on June 20, 2015 in San Francisco at the Conference of Mayors..



Started out talking about the massacre in Charleston that had just happened.. and making good eloquent case for common sense gun laws. Receiving a standing ovation!

"We need to tackle this problem With urgency and conviction. Mentions President Obama kindly 3 times.

"..Take racist violence head on.. struggle with racism is far from finished.."

"Race remains a deep fault line in America.. states racial inequality.

"Can't hide from hard truths on racial injustice.."

Poignant story about about Debbie Dills.. I didn't know that.

Encourages "Cities against racism.. and preventing gun violence.."

We have to be too "Too busy to hate" "Need more love and kindness in this country."

No wonder Hillary is doing so with the African American Community on the whole.. she really speaks to them.

JaneyVee http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1251&pid=463135

Black activists I know would say Bernie has that backwards... JaneyVee Jul 2015 #1
Nailed it. MohRokTah Jul 2015 #3
IMHO the black activists have it correct...... Little Star Jul 2015 #8
Black activists some of them, see economic inequality as a tool to maintain racism and Snotcicles Jul 2015 #9
Economic equality is about who holds power AgingAmerican Jul 2015 #15
Can we settle for: Betty Karlson Jul 2015 #17
+1 DCBob Jul 2015 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author PotatoChip Jul 2015 #4
I am not very impressed with the articles Vox puts out. TM99 Jul 2015 #5
Never went to the site. Kave only read what is posted here. FlatBaroque Jul 2015 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author PotatoChip Jul 2015 #7
What's neo-liberal about seeing racism as "its own systemic problem that has to be addressed on its DanTex Jul 2015 #14
See there you go again. TM99 Jul 2015 #20
it was founded by Mattew Yglesias and Ezra Klein m-lekktor Jul 2015 #16
Indeed! TM99 Jul 2015 #18
Thank you for the post, YoungDemCA Cali_Democrat Jul 2015 #10
Important points, made several times on DU in the last few months wyldwolf Jul 2015 #11
It's good to see some Bernie supporters here getting it. Many unfortunately, do not. nt stevenleser Jul 2015 #12
How do actual leftists see it YoungDemCA... AOR Jul 2015 #13
It's hot. that's why they call it the hot spot seveneyes Jul 2015 #19
"..but the civil rights movement!" response isn't just irrelevant, it's insulting." yes, it has Cha Jul 2015 #21
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