The Clintons Are the Best Negro Charmers in Political History

[HoosierRadical]

[truedelphi]

1. Question - Is the word "Negro" still even a

Word?

[EdwardBernays]

2. yes

obviously

[nxylas]

4. I suspect it's a deliberate anachronism

Designed to evoke the era of minstrel shows and Bosko cartoons.

[DhhD]

10. Like: Being played by Hillary Clinton.

[cannabis_flower]

6. In Spanish

it's a perfectly good word for black - black cat, black shirt, black table. I think in English not so much.

[Bangbangdem]

3. Love her

[lbrtbell]

5. She articulated just what I've been thinking

When black people support HRC in the face of Bill Clinton's policies that have been so destructive to the AA community...it reminds me so much of the Tea Party voters who vote against their own best interests.

It saddens me, how well-meaning people get manipulated in this way.

[SammyWinstonJack]

7. The Clintons are despicable. I've no respect for either of them.

[Human101948]

8. Oh, she's just another Berniebro "blacksplaining"

How dare she!

[downeastdaniel]

9. The Truth, thanks. May it be heard by Millions of voters...

[starroute]

11. She suggested in passing that it's motivated by a desire for respectability

That's something I haven't heard before, but it struck me as significant -- in part because the idea that blacks are just low-information voters who are going on name recognition is awfully condescending.

What I get from it is that middle class blacks in particular are still motivated by a desire to be just like anyone. To live out the American dream in a color-blind society. To turn their backs on "ghetto" culture and prove that they can meet the standards of white society. And Hillary in some weird way has become identified with all of that, while Bernie's more left-wing policies -- and even his association with the early days of the civil rights movement -- are a reminder of everything they're trying to leave behind?

Could I be right about this, or am I making too much of one passing remark?