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[soleil]

Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-racial-inequality_55c81153e4b0f1cbf1e56b77

His race-specific platform: https://berniesanders.com/issues/racial-justice/

His hire: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0f1cbf1e54fec

His rally in Portland later on the next day after the BLM protested him in Seattle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUBO5_QAd-c

Mostly likely, we can thank the BlackLivesMatter movement for making themselves heard. As inelegant as both Sanders and the BLM movement have been, what's important is that they are moving forward together.

I'd like this to be a positive discussion about moving forward, please. No bitterness about the mistakes made by either camp. They can continue forward as ONE. So can we.

Black lives matter!

EDIT: More info on his new Press Secretary, Symone Sanders (no relation)

http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/b...s-young-black-woman-as-new-public#.budZ2ZozJ6

Before a crowd of more than 12,000 at the Alaska Airlines Arena on the campus of the University Of Washington, a new public face for the Sanders campaign appeared. Symone Sanders, a volunteer organizer with the D.C.-based Coalition for Juvenile Justice, was announced as the new national press secretary of Sanders’ campaign and was tasked with introducing the 73-year-old senator.

Symone Sanders is a young, black criminal justice advocate and supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement. She’s also a progressive political activist right out of the Sanders mold: Her last job was at Ralph Nader’s Public Citizen. In an interview, Symone Sanders said she first connected with the senator about three weeks ago, offering him advice on how to better understand the message of Black Lives Matter activists in an hourlong chat.

“One of my suggestions, he took it and ran with it on Meet the Press, is that racial inequality and economic inequality are parallel issues,” she said. “I [told him,] you know, economic equality is an issue. It’s something we need to address. But for some people it doesn’t matter how much money you make, it doesn’t matter where you went to school, it doesn’t matter what your parents do. It doesn’t matter that Sandra Bland had a job and was on her way to teach for her alma mater. It doesn’t matter. None of that matters.”

Bernie Sanders took to the advice, Symone Sanders said. She also confronted him with one of the criticisms he faced earlier in the summer, when Black Lives Matter activists rejected his statements about his past civil rights movement work.

“Educating America, the community, letting people know who Bernie Sanders is and what he’s about,” she said, “and not just, ‘Oh, I fought for civil rights and I protested and I sat at the lunch counters.’ That’s important and that’s great but that was 50 years ago and he has a lot more to stand on than just what he did 50 years ago.”

At the end of the meeting, Bernie Sanders offered her a job. Her address at the Seattle arena rally was her first public statement as a Sanders campaign staffer. Among her jobs, she said, will be helping to sell a promised comprehensive criminal justice policy package she helped to craft that will be coming from the Sanders campaign in the near future.

 

[Cow Mengde]

Been doing it since the 60s, I might add.

 

[Otakumegane]

Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/bernie-sanders-racial-inequality_55c81153e4b0f1cbf1e56b77

His race-specific platform: https://berniesanders.com/issues/racial-justice/

His hire: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/...b0f1cbf1e54fec

His rally in Portland later on the next day after the BLM protested him in Seattle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZ2K8R76cD4

Mostly likely, we can thank the BlackLivesMatter movement for making themselves heard. As inelegant as both Sanders and the BLM movement have been, what's important is that they are moving forward together.

I'd like this to be a positive discussion about moving forward, please. No bitterness about the mistakes made by either camp. They can continue forward as ONE. So can we.

Black lives matter!

Or forced Bern's hand to talk about his policies earlier than he wanted to. A good thing overall but let's not pretend BLM crashing the rallies was a good thing.

 

[PopeReal]

Awesome. This is the response I wanted to see. Not the hand waving from a few of his supporters. Let us move on together.

 

[joe2187]

Youtube muted the audio for the rally video...

 

[commedieu]

Grrreeeeeeeeeeeeatttttttttttt

 

[soleil]

Or forced Bern's hand to talk about his policies earlier than he wanted to. A good thing overall but let's not pretend BLM crashing the rallies was a good thing.

Like I said, neither side has been perfect but we have the best result we could ask for, moving forward. The video I linked of the his rally in Portland is a GREAT thing to watch. Watch it, my man/woman!

 

[freeofgreed]

I've liked him since i first heard about him earlier this year. Its good that he's communicating things better now, since i felt like that was a weakness of his.

 

[G.ZZZ]

I'm pretty sure that webpage has been up for a while , not just from yesterday, but probably was necessary to make an article about it because people would rather sheep the corp. candidates than listening to someone wanting to stop the feudalization of our society.

 

[XT Vengeance]

I really really hope that this man gets elected. It would be the step this apeshit country needs to help get back on track.

 

[Ziltoidia 9]

Bernie goin hard.

 

[SolarPowered]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/b...s-young-black-woman-as-new-public#.budZ2ZozJ6

Before a crowd of more than 12,000 at the Alaska Airlines Arena on the campus of the University Of Washington, a new public face for the Sanders campaign appeared. Symone Sanders, a volunteer organizer with the D.C.-based Coalition for Juvenile Justice, was announced as the new national press secretary of Sanders’ campaign and was tasked with introducing the 73-year-old senator.

Symone Sanders is a young, black criminal justice advocate and supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement. She’s also a progressive political activist right out of the Sanders mold: Her last job was at Ralph Nader’s Public Citizen. In an interview, Symone Sanders said she first connected with the senator about three weeks ago, offering him advice on how to better understand the message of Black Lives Matter activists in an hourlong chat.

“One of my suggestions, he took it and ran with it on Meet the Press, is that racial inequality and economic inequality are parallel issues,” she said. “I [told him,] you know, economic equality is an issue. It’s something we need to address. But for some people it doesn’t matter how much money you make, it doesn’t matter where you went to school, it doesn’t matter what your parents do. It doesn’t matter that Sandra Bland had a job and was on her way to teach for her alma mater. It doesn’t matter. None of that matters.”

Bernie Sanders took to the advice, Symone Sanders said. She also confronted him with one of the criticisms he faced earlier in the summer, when Black Lives Matter activists rejected his statements about his past civil rights movement work.

“Educating America, the community, letting people know who Bernie Sanders is and what he’s about,” she said, “and not just, ‘Oh, I fought for civil rights and I protested and I sat at the lunch counters.’ That’s important and that’s great but that was 50 years ago and he has a lot more to stand on than just what he did 50 years ago.”

At the end of the meeting, Bernie Sanders offered her a job. Her address at the Seattle arena rally was her first public statement as a Sanders campaign staffer. Among her jobs, she said, will be helping to sell a promised comprehensive criminal justice policy package she helped to craft that will be coming from the Sanders campaign in the near future.

Some quotes to get a better idea of Bernie's new hire, what she will be talking about and how she plans to help Bernie voice his message regarding criminal justice reform alongside a slew of other important issues.

Been doing it since the 60s, I might add.

He has, but this picture just makes people think like he is trying to coast on past accomplishments. Ultimately it feels like this approach just gives people more ammo to deny his current and recent efforts instead.

 

[soleil]

Youtube muted the audio for the rally video...

Damn. Hopefully it lifts soon. The speeches of the people who talked before Bernie are important, and they don't appear in the other videos I could find.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

Or forced Bern's hand to talk about his policies earlier than he wanted to. A good thing overall but let's not pretend BLM crashing the rallies was a good thing.

You know, timing his announcements would still be seen as offensive to some.

Sounds like the 'crashing' was a good thing. He might even get a good security advisor.

And I can't keep it straight: where they or where they not BLM. I keep hearing different things.

 

[Black Republican]

This is good. it shouldnt be sidestepped in any of the campaigns especially in this climate or that 08/12 black vote will drop in the key states.

Democrats/Liberals shouldnt be taking black folks votes for granted anymore.

 

[Staccat0]

Like I said, neither side has been perfect but we have the best result we could ask for, moving forward. The video I linked of the his rally in Portland is a GREAT thing to watch. Watch it, my man/woman!

We'll see about that. There may have been a game plan that woulda' been more effective politically.

Either way it's a good thing.

 

[neogaffer1]

You know, timing his announcements would still be seen as offensive to some.

Sounds like the 'crashing' was a good thing. He might even get a good security advisor.

And I can't keep it straight: where they or where they not BLM. I keep hearing different things.

even if you wanted these results and make him talk about this stuff now rather than later, there are better and more respectful ways to get him to do that other than barging onto a stage, yelling at someone in charge and forcing him to shut down a rally

 

[Kinitari]

Hmmm, just reading through the first part, with violence from the state, the point about requiring body cameras on all police I think is the most agreeable. Everything else in that section seems.. I don't know, kind of like fluff

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

Its pretty much everything he HAS been talking about for years but put in a form for low info voters who don't know him and people who get their news from Facebook.

 

[freeofgreed]

Or forced Bern's hand to talk about his policies earlier than he wanted to. A good thing overall but let's not pretend BLM crashing the rallies was a good thing.

Eh that's conjucture. And obviously if that was his game plan, it clearly wasn't that good since a part of his potentional base didn't think he cared about his issues.

 

[soleil]

Its pretty much everything he HAS been talking about for years but put in a form for low info voters who don't know him and people who get their news from Facebook.

The vast majority of voters/people are low info, and that's why money (used to buy TV ads) has been so effective in campaigns. So yes, you're right, but this had to be done.

 

[Messofanego]

I've already read the policies post, was hoping to hear audio from that video Hopefully uploader and YouTube can sort that out.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

I really really hope he has an adequate chance to get these messages out on a nationwide platform. There is good stuff here that people need to be made aware of.

 

[Indicate]

Youtube muted the audio for the rally video...

I've already read the policies post, was hoping to hear audio from that video Hopefully uploader and YouTube can sort that out.

Rally starts @ 1:03:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUBO5_QAd-c

 

[benicillin]

I really really hope he has an adequate chance to get these messages out on a nationwide platform. There is good stuff here that people need to be made aware of.

Then help signal boost his desire to have more debates scheduled before the primaries. Right now the DNC only has 6 scheduled (the Republicans have 19 or something crazy like that), which is a huge advantage to someone like Clinton who can get by on name recognition but killer for smaller candidates like Bernie.

 

[soleil]

Rally starts @ 1:03:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUBO5_QAd-c

Thanks dude! Will edit this into OP.

 

[m_shortpants]

I hope he can beat Hillary to get the nomination, but I have my doubts even about the Democratic party.

 

[Indicate]

Thanks dude! Will edit this into OP.

No problem!

 

[~Devil Trigger~]

The vast majority of voters/people are low info, and that's why money (used to buy TV ads) has been so effective in campaigns. So yes, you're right, but this had to be done.

no doubt, gotta play the game

 

[Dreams-Visions]

You have my axe, bernie.

 

[werks]

http://www.buzzfeed.com/evanmcsan/b...s-young-black-woman-as-new-public#.budZ2ZozJ6

Some quotes to get a better idea of Bernie's new hire, what she will be talking about and how she plans to help Bernie voice his message regarding criminal justice reform alongside a slew of other important issues.

He has, but this picture just makes people think like he is trying to coast on past accomplishments. Ultimately it feels like this approach just gives people more ammo to deny his current and recent efforts instead.

Maybe post a snippet of it in the op?

As for blame, can we leave it in the other thread. Bernie's message wasn't resonating with the black community and tweaking it is a net positive for him.

 

[dramatis]

Then help signal boost his desire to have more debates scheduled before the primaries. Right now the DNC only has 6 scheduled (the Republicans have 19 or something crazy like that), which is a huge advantage to someone like Clinton who can get by on name recognition but killer for smaller candidates like Bernie.

Republicans have 12 debates scheduled, for a field of 17 candidates.

Democrats have 6 debates for 5 candidates.

 

[Pai Pai Master]

Posting this on Facebook and I'm just gonna have to ignore some of the responses. It's really sad to see so much outright blind support for Hillary when things are so preliminary.

 

[andthebeatgoeson]

even if you wanted these results and make him talk about this stuff now rather than later, there are better and more respectful ways to get him to do that other than barging onto a stage, yelling at someone in charge and forcing him to shut down a rally

Protests will always be seen as disrespectful.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...rguson-protest-grows-so-do-tensions/20664395/

The tactics employed by Ferguson protesters demonstrate a shift toward more daring actions for civil rights, said William Chafe, a history professor at Duke University who wrote a book on North Carolina's sit-in movement. Similarly, he said, in the early 20th century, activists moved from polite letter-writing campaigns pleading for an end to segregation to boycotts and civil disobedience.

It's hard to see the impact on protests in the immediate period. What you deem as disrespectful may look great in a year or 20 years. You have the right to view it as such, but protests, inherently look different over time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_Olympics_Black_Power_salute

These guys were vilified.

Smith and Carlos were largely ostracized by the U.S. sporting establishment and they were subject to criticism. Time magazine showed the five-ring Olympic logo with the words, "Angrier, Nastier, Uglier", instead of "Faster, Higher, Stronger".[15] Back home, they were subject to abuse and they and their families received death threats.[16]

I now view that protest thru the lens of the last few hundred years and celebrate it. Just a warning. Or, put it another way, would you go back in time to the Boston Tea Party and criticize them? Tell them, 'not this way, guys. people will see you in a negative light'

 

[zeshakag]

Man, Sanders seems to be just...a genuinely good guy from these videos. He's the only candidate in this whole saga that I feel is an honest-to-good person. In these past 3 elections a majority of the candidates have felt scummy or elitist to me. Was that different back in the 60's and 70's?

 

[soleil]

Maybe post a snippet of it in the op?

As for blame, can we leave it in the other thread. Bernie's message wasn't resonating with the black community and tweaking it is a net positive for him.

Sure, I'll put it in.

 

[Indicate]

CNN talking about Bernie Sanders right now

 

[quickwhips]

Why is there a picture or a monkey on that YouTube feed?

 

[dcdobson]

Man, Sanders seems to be just...a genuinely good guy from these videos. He's the only candidate in this whole saga that I feel is an honest-to-good person. In these past 3 elections a majority of the candidates have felt scummy or elitist to me. Was that different back in the 60's and 70's?

 

[soleil]

Why is there a picture or a monkey on that YouTube feed?

I think there's a bunch of avatars of the people who were talking/commenting before the 1:03 mark.

 

[Indicate]

Typical CNN downplaying Bernie. They mentioned he has this "sort of plan" and Symone Sanders, but that's about it.

Edit: I can't believe I missed this part of discussion below. CNN lieing about Bernie.

Brianna Keilar: "Bernie Sanders made the mistake that actually Hillary Clinton significantly made before he did and Martin O'Malley made as well saying All Lives Matter and that did not go over well because that is not what the Black Lives Matter folks want to hear."

 

[PeskyToaster]

Man, Sanders seems to be just...a genuinely good guy from these videos. He's the only candidate in this whole saga that I feel is an honest-to-good person. In these past 3 elections a majority of the candidates have felt scummy or elitist to me. Was that different back in the 60's and 70's?

Some things never change.

 

[dramatis]

So the detailed policy and actions is pretty good.

I find it interesting that they chose to label the sections with "violence". Physical Violence, Political Violence, Legal Violence, Economic Violence. I didn't think of the issues that way, but it's applicable in a certain way.

If there is a particular weakness of the proposed actions, it's that there are a few of them where you might ask, how would we fund this?

Like this: "We must invest $5.5 billion in a federally-funded youth employment program to employ young people of color who face disproportionately high unemployment rates." The number 5.5 billion is very specific, I wonder how his campaign calculated that?

The MLK story in the economics section though, lol. It's a bit overkill.

 

[PhoenixDark]

Man, Sanders seems to be just...a genuinely good guy from these videos. He's the only candidate in this whole saga that I feel is an honest-to-good person. In these past 3 elections a majority of the candidates have felt scummy or elitist to me. Was that different back in the 60's and 70's?

Jimmy Carter was probably the only truly good man who has been president in the last 50-60 years.

Hubert Humphrey comes to mind as a good man who tried and failed to become president.

 

[Miracle]

Man, Sanders seems to be just...a genuinely good guy from these videos. He's the only candidate in this whole saga that I feel is an honest-to-good person. In these past 3 elections a majority of the candidates have felt scummy or elitist to me. Was that different back in the 60's and 70's?

Sadly, as the old saying goes, "nice guys finish last".

 

[GaimeGuy]

Man, Sanders seems to be just...a genuinely good guy from these videos. He's the only candidate in this whole saga that I feel is an honest-to-good person. In these past 3 elections a majority of the candidates have felt scummy or elitist to me. Was that different back in the 60's and 70's?

He was advocating for interracial and same sex marriage in college newspapers and single payer healthcare while the rest of the nation was debating fixing coverage for the elderly by introducing medicare and/or making insurance financed through traditionAl retirement plans.

 

[Kid Kamikaze10]

All great to see. Hopefully his campaign continues to evolve.

 

[legacyzero]

#BernNotice

People in Bernie threads call him a non-contender. These rallies are getting bigger and bigger. Media is picking up on him, social media is picking him up.

I really feel the first dem debate is going to tell the tale.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

Cool. This is good news.
I feel like Sanders will still have a very hard time winning the nom, but I don't see it as a forgone conclusion. He could get it, but only if he ran an incredibly good campaign. This is a step towards that. But if he doesn't run an absolute fantastic campaign, Clinton will take it with ease.
I still expect Clinton to pull it out, but I'll be watching.

 

[ShadowSwordmaster]

This is good to hear.