I don’t feel myself divorced from other important liberal issues or policies. I didn’t come away from this incident thinking “Well, I’ll never vote for Bernie Sanders NOW.” I don’t think that challenges are in and of themselves divisive.

You are dead on. This is why Bill Maher’s words are so upsetting. He and many others have taken vocal challenges and written questions in comment boards and turned them into “Well the NAACP thinks he’s good” or “Bernie marched with MLK”. By the way, when did anyone call Bernie Sanders a racist ? Ive yet to find…

You need to change your premise.

Thanks. In that case, the fact that Hillary didn’t even let them into her rally should be receiving attention as well.

They have. They have protested Republican candidates, as well as another Dem candidate (O’Malley) and tried to at a Clinton appearance but were barred from entrance.

BINGO!

you do realise that Republicans and non-progressive Democrats and independents represent a way bigger segment of the population, right?

Not myself. I applaud everything they do to make people like yourself uncomfortable. Read more.

I think that depends on the forum and how visible it is? Like a lot of people get upset about hashtag activism but that could(perhaps) help spread the word and get people thinking?

Ultimately I think unless you are boots on the ground protesting or a public enough figure that your words can affect actual change, you…

But if all it took was this to make you dislike it, you were never actually an ally. You were calling yourself one because it's nice to think you're not prejudiced or racist or whatever until it got too uncomfortable and too messy and real.

A++. Why can’t white progressive critics understand something so elementary? Just because his stances are progressive doesn’t mean they address social bigotry and institutional racism. Just because Sanders himself is not racist does not mean his platform automatically addresses key issues for African Americans.…

Just like posting on the internet your support for a cause, amirite? I mean you did the least beneficial thing below donating to a cause.

“The outrageous responses of white liberals to this is far more damning than the original protest - a nerve was hit, with good reason.”

I disagree. It’s getting us (white liberal progressives) to look long at hard at ourselves and this mentality of “Oh, I’m liberal, so I’m not the person you should be lecturing. I shouldn’t be challenged.” The outrageous responses of white liberals to this is far more damning than the original protest - a nerve was…

All you had to do was Google “Black lives matter, Hillary Clinton” but you wanted to project your ill feelings toward black women here. Educate your-fucking-self:

I clearly state that they wouldn’t even be heard if they targeted Jeb Bush or any GOP candidate or Hillary Clinton. They’d have been kicked out in 20 seconds. Bernie Sanders was the best shot they had. I also clearly state that I have no problem with Bernie even before the event, because he had looked at the racial…

This is a pretty typical whiney, white liberal response. The history of progressive politics is filled with dissenting allies, it’s what makes the left stronger than the right: we can stand to hear a little constructive criticism. Think of Victoria Woodhull and Karl Marx.

I love Bernie Sanders BUT Talib Kweli is right. Bernie Sanders needs to take these issues seriously and speak honestly and frankly directly to the people who are calling for him to step up.

“[Bernie] might be the easiest [target] because he’s somebody who’s dealing with the people more directly than a Jeb Bush or a Hillary Clinton.”

I was kinda more pissed at the White liberals who immediately denounced the entire moment and basically “stay in your line”-d black people. Bernie Sanders hired a woman called Symone Sanders two weeks before the event - a black woman - and made racial equality a part of his main platform.