Black votes matter in Democratic Presidential Primary Race as Contest moves to more Diverse States

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http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-sanders-black-voters-20160210-story.html

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1. K&R

[bravenak]

4. Thank you

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5. #BlackVotesMatter

We have to also work to restore the VRA. It's the only way through to truly taking back democracy.

[bravenak]

30. Yes

[guillaumeb]

2. Congratulations on the hearts.

From the article

Over the last 10 days, Sanders has enlisted 1,000 new volunteers in the state, bringing the total number to 5,000, according to Chris Covert, the campaign’s South Carolina director. They’ve knocked on 300,000 doors.
The state’s most influential black lawmaker, Rep. James E. Clyburn, told MSNBC Wednesday that Sanders, a candidate who was virtually unknown in the state only a couple of months ago, has built an impressive campaign organization in that state.
“It's very effective,” said Clyburn, who has not yet made an endorsement. “They have a pretty potent ground operation going on in South Carolina. And I'm pleased to see that.”


Yet Sanders can now boast his own support from prominent minority figures. He recently earned the endorsement of Benjamin Jealous, the former chief executive of the NAACP, who has been campaigning in South Carolina.
“Now that [Sanders] is seen as a top-tier contender, we’ll find that candidate Clinton has hit her high watermark,” Jealous predicted in a radio interview. “She will begin to lose support. How fast and how much remains to be seen.”
Ta-Nehisi Coates, the prominent black writer and activist also said Wednesday that Sanders will be getting his vote, though not any kind of endorsement.
And Sharpton told reporters that he is weighing giving Sanders his backing.

“My concern is, as the first black family in the White House moves out at the end of the year, our concerns don’t move out with them,” Sharpton told MSNBC. He added that he would not make a decision until after a meeting of civil rights leaders next week that both candidates plan to attend.

Well put. Time will tell how this goes.

[bravenak]

3. Thank you

He better perform well with them. He flubs or acts tone deaf he will be screwed

[guillaumeb]

11. I hope that both candidates hear what is being said.

And that both candidates repeat the message so all of their followers can hear it also.

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6. ....

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7. K&R.

[Perogie]

8. Did someone say they don't?

[bravenak]

9. Yes

The candidate said he was going after Trump voters. How can he favor us and them simultaneously. Inviting Trump voters shows that some think we should just have to deal with those people and suffer

[Perogie]

10. I think any candidate should try to sway all voters to build coalitions.

That's when real change happens. Bring people into the fold and show them we are all the same.
Build walls and nothing gets done.

Best wishes

[bravenak]

17. We are not all the same

[Perogie]

25. thanks for proving the point about walls

Best wishes

[Wig Master]

27. +1

[JustAnotherGen]

31. You are correct

We don't beat up black protestors - that's what white racists at Trump rallies do. We are nothing like them.

[bravenak]

34. Damn straight

Anybody still voting for that guy after that needs to be no where near me.

[guillaumeb]

12. Trump voters might be attracted by the economic message,

but they must be on board with racial justice also or nothing will have been accomplished.

But can Sanders convince Trump voters of both things?

[bravenak]

13. So its fine to inflict them upon us we are nobody do not worry that it bothers us immensly

[guillaumeb]

19. I did not say that. Trump voters who are only attracted

by the economic message are no help. Trump voters who are seeing economic inequality because it now affects them are no help either.

I fear that many Trump voters are only interested in the issue of inequality because they are being affected. They are totally uninterested in non-whites being affected by inequality. It is only about them. Always is.

But is there a percentage of Trump voters who do not buy into the fiction of white supremacy in a white America? No idea.

[bravenak]

28. We do not care to sort them out

If he wants them go for it. Do not expect to see us there.

[uponit7771]

15. No

[guillaumeb]

22. I hope that you are wrong,

but I fear that you are correct.

[uponit7771]

14. Girl, you are brave... these kinda facts get people hidden on GDP these days

[bravenak]

16. I know.

I am waiting. Soon im sure. Middle of the night probably.

[Bonobo]

20. Now that part is a sad lack of understanding of people, I think.

Not ONLY do people change, but different people are attracted to Trump for different reasons.

Only a fool would determine that none of them can be reached and swayed to our side.

Many Trump supporters, I believe, have chosen to support him as a way of saying "I oppose the status quo".

Such people are reachable and dismissing them does nothing to advance our cause, but reaching them does.

[bravenak]

21. It bothers us. Who does he care about more? Us or them?

Gotta choose one cause we dont go anywhere near them for no amount of money.

[Bonobo]

23. It's a choice now? Sounds like my children when they were like 7 and 5.

"Them"

"It"

"Other"

If they came to our side, you wouldn't HAVE to choose to go near them. They would be with us. See how that works?

[bravenak]

29. Damn sure is a choice no matter how it sounds

Win or lose you can only have one

[Bonobo]

32. I started to write a response.

But then I realized how pointless it is.

You actually do NOT want to have a dialog.

[bravenak]

33. I want him and all of you to have our backs FIRST.

Our votes come from tryst and we do not trust

[Bonobo]

35. If I say, he's got our backs first, you will just say "show it."

Look, Bernie is not the type to politicize in the way you are looking for.

He is not the type to take a message aimed at all people who are being destroyed by the prison industry, the economic injustice, the social injustice and wrap it in a box labelled: "A special bill for Black People".

It is part of what separates him from insincere politicians in general.

Take it or leave it. I think he is the best choice for the goals you care about.

[bravenak]

36. Leave it

I do not believe in him like you do he lacks sensitivity which you consider insincerity

[uponit7771]

24. Fairness doesn't attract the racist, never has

[Bonobo]

26. Some people are racists until they're not.

Some people are racists and pretend they're not.

[Bonobo]

18. That's a great thing!

I could not be more happy to see that Black people are having a growing influence on politics.