There’s historical reasons for why the black community is so suspicious of white people who they view as giving merely lip service, but I’m not going to go into that too much because frankly I’m afraid I might misquote Brother Kazee, the black preacher who was the source of a lot of my historical information (his family had been the preachers at that one black church for over 100 years). But this is the reality Sanders is facing. And being Jewish doesn’t help, because for some reason the black community is especially suspicious of Jews, who they view as money grubbers who come into their community and rip them off, again something with historical roots that isn’t at all fair but again, this is what is, regardless of what we wish it was.
Bernie’s problem is that he started running for President ten years too late. Hillary has been running for over ten years now and has made those connections in the black community to the point where she’s a known commodity there. Bernie doesn’t have the melanin to bypass that ten year process to get support in the black community. Just how it is, not how I wish it was :(.
]]>Political coverage has really dropped into a sub-basement. Most of the writing belongs in a ‘Style’ section, not the news.
]]>I’m not liking the sound of the words “President Trump”, but they’re ones that keep rattling around in my head. What a disaster this upcoming race is looking to be…
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