Comments on: We Will Not Ignore Black Lives Matter http://bayareaforbernie.com/2015/08/10/we-will-not-ignore-black-lives-matter/ join us for the pragmatic revolution Mon, 21 Sep 2015 19:25:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.3.1 By: Bay Area for Bernie Week in Review | Bay Area for Bernie http://bayareaforbernie.com/2015/08/10/we-will-not-ignore-black-lives-matter/#comment-120 Sat, 15 Aug 2015 01:12:01 +0000 http://bayareaforbernie.com/?p=477#comment-120 […] Looky What We’ve Done: On our blog, Sara comments on Black Lives Matter and Peter shares a letter he sent to the San Francisco Chronicle editor about what happened in […]

]]> By: Justin http://bayareaforbernie.com/2015/08/10/we-will-not-ignore-black-lives-matter/#comment-113 Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:09:34 +0000 http://bayareaforbernie.com/?p=477#comment-113 This is the best thing I have read on this issue yet. I began my response to the protest as another white person angry at my favorite candidate being accused so unfairly of things. But I continued reading explanations from other supporters of this group, and I learned some things about perspective. The people in the crowd booing, or the people posting hateful comments about BLM or these two young women… they are are so much more offended that their candidate has been interrupted by a pair of black women than they are about the issues the women spoke about, and that is pretty sad.

I am really pleased with how Bernie Sanders has reacted to this, instead of being angry he has embraced them. Seeing that some of his supporters get it as well is refreshing.

]]> By: Kelly http://bayareaforbernie.com/2015/08/10/we-will-not-ignore-black-lives-matter/#comment-107 Tue, 11 Aug 2015 08:49:13 +0000 http://bayareaforbernie.com/?p=477#comment-107 Thank you, thank you, thank you for this.

]]> By: EAMAC http://bayareaforbernie.com/2015/08/10/we-will-not-ignore-black-lives-matter/#comment-106 Tue, 11 Aug 2015 05:22:35 +0000 http://bayareaforbernie.com/?p=477#comment-106 https://youtu.be/fQqdNF-BHTw

]]> By: Margaret http://bayareaforbernie.com/2015/08/10/we-will-not-ignore-black-lives-matter/#comment-104 Mon, 10 Aug 2015 19:04:19 +0000 http://bayareaforbernie.com/?p=477#comment-104 At the same time, let us acknowledge the strides that Bernie is making, and let others know of this also.

His substantial speech of July 25 to the Southern Christian Leadership Conference:
Sanders Addresses Southern Christian Leadership Conference on Struggle for Racial Justice

Before Seattle, Bernie’s hiring of Symone Sanders as his Campaign Press Secretary for his nationwide 50 state grassroots movement, after being impressed with her after they had sat down to discuss how to best move forward especially for People of Color and specifically the Black Lives Matters movement. Ms. Sanders introduced Bernie to the 15k enthusiastic people (12k inside UW’s Huskies Basketball arena & 3k outside) this past Saturday.
Symone Sanders, National Press Secretary for Sen. Bernie Sanders

And the belated unveiling of his racial justice platform on the campaign site.
Bernie Sanders’ Racial Justice Platform

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