Bernie says ADOS can forget about that REPERATIONS check

[Drayonis]

I don't think you ever supported Bernie but I was actually for his running at first. I used to tag his account on Twitter suggesting it. Every time he spoke on tv about economics or health care I was very impressed and thought this guy gets it.

Then he did run, and I saw him on the national stage where he had to address more than just economics and health care and I saw he doesn't understand black or race issue. He thinks fixing economics will fix everything. He came out against identity politics. He made excuses for his racist supporters.

It doesn't matter if all the jobs are paying a gazillion bucks an hour if no one is hiring black folks. Environmental racism affects us and come to find out he's participated in furthering it. Wealth doesn't protect black folks from racial profiling or police brutality. I didn't hold the crime bill against him, but folks mad at Hillary for what she said, wasn't mad he signed it.

Once he was on stage and his flaws visible I decided to support Hillary.

Currently he is saying the right things, but I don't think he believes them. He is just surrounded by people who know what his message needs to be for black votes. If he got a bill he might sign it, but I don't think reparations are something he'd fight for.

If he wins the nomination, he has my vote, but he's not my first choice. Just like 2016 any dem is better than Trump and most Republicans. I don't know why people don't understand that dems might not address every liberals cause, but they don't do anything to roll back progress. The GOP in power actively seeks to disenfranchise black folks, limit power and roll back rights. We never get ahead on progressive policies because once dems fix what the GOP fucked up, dems get restless, get upset changes aren't being made fast enough, the base doesnt vote to teach someone a lesson or because they don't understand the importance of midterms, and the GOP wins again. It's a stupid cycle we have to break if we want ongoing and lasting progress. If we want to see changes we need dem leadership for more than 2 terms in the WH and more than a year or two in Congress.

Thank you,

And let's not forget local elections! Whenever we get in the spirit of not voting it spreads to the local elections. That racist judge locking up black folks for minor offenses wouldn't be there if he wasn't voted in that position in the first place. The racist sheriff (who directs his deputies to harass black men ONLY) wouldn't have been there if he hadn't been voted in there in the first place. The city council, the mayor? It's BIGGER than just the presidency and people who aren't up on politics ultimately get mindfucked into thinking voting is nonsense and we need not participate.

And I remember black folks attacking me for not being a Bernie supporter smh. White people believe that "financial justice" trumps "racial justice". Bernie Bros are just racist white dudes who are mad that they are adults still working at Starbucks. They can give a fuck about black folks getting a fair shake.

I will continue to say REPARATIONS for BLACK AMERICA is owed. I just don't think NOT voting will get it. That's not a pathway to winning. In fact, it sets you back further from your goal. Any conservative appointed judge can simply deem reparations unconstitutional and then tie it up in court. The president doesn't just appoint the supreme court, he also appoints the FEDERAL judges across the country. So far Trump has appointed a shit load of them.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...5fed1b7a081_story.html?utm_term=.bd0dc5afc25d

 

[darth frosty]

 

[KingTaharqa]

No money...but he'll address it in different ways.

bump!

I like reading these threads now that a year later white people are dying and cant pay their rent no more. Why aren't BGOL pan afrikanists speaking on that like they did this? Why did Dray laugh at our demands and not these CACs beggin for stimulus right now? Dray hates CACs and CAC supremacy right? I mean the Virgin Islands he descends from is a center of black militancy and resistance.

 

[Hey Julian!]

bump!

I like reading these threads now that a year later white people are dying and cant pay their rent no more. Why aren't BGOL pan afrikanists speaking on that like they did this? Why did Dray laugh at our demands and not these CACs beggin for stimulus right now? Dray hates CACs and CAC supremacy right? I mean the Virgin Islands he descends from is a center of black militancy and resistance.

I guess white people are the only ones dying/effected from this shit? You a real weirdo.

 

[KingTaharqa]

I guess white people are the only ones dying/effected from this shit? You a real weirdo.

Show me the post you made fun of white people like you made fun of us last year. Your reparations take was some coon shit. Julian this is why we aint the same. You love CACs, we dont. We dont get that indoctrination like yall did back on the island and in them naturalization offices. How come you niggas never talk about what was discussed with you in there? What did the white man say to you at 6 years old Julian?