From what I’ve seen from activists after BLM met with privately Bernie and Hillary, they do indeed have a platform put forth. The website is here.

Regardless of the tact with which they employed that second protest, it worked. Ignoring your hyperbole, I think it’s extremely important for Hillary not to take blacks for granted if she wants to win this. It’s exactly what tanked her campaign last time, and the political and social climate is such that this can…

She responded the way she did because BLM has no leverage over her, and she doesn’t need to appeal to them to get the black vote. The other candidates have been pushed (though protests notoriously similar to this one) to lay out specific policy and they have. She hasn’t, even after meeting with them.

Right, let’s just go have these young black protesters arrested instead:

Instead they’d rather shout down their best (if imperfect) supporters from the safety of the back of the auditorium.

Lack of courage? Oh, come on! Protesting Bernie Sanders ended up being a suprisingly effective tactic to get people talking about racial justice, and to push these candidates to lay out real policy.

“Pleasing” these people, in this case, means laying out policy. Hillary has yet to get specific about a racial justice platform and that is what they are pushing for. This shit actually works.

Think of a Goodfellas-styled film, and it could work.

Their names are further down in the article.

Then potentially making money off of the story through Hollywood (if that’s even true, who knows?). That is exploiting someone else’s experience for personal gain (one that, frankly, isn’t all that unique in America).

It sounds more like a lack of information about the girl (which is a good thing, we should be respecting her privacy) than any manipulative intentions on behalf of the author. The fact is the girl has a tough life at home, and with experience, I can say that losing a parent to estrangement can be worse than losing one…

Legally, she is an orphan though.

Fair enough but omg you have to watch Firefly!

Martin O’Malley was the inspiration for The Wire’s Carcetti character. His run as mayor of Baltimore instituted the broken windows policies that led to the recent riots.

I have a low tolerance for second-hand embarrassment, so I could only watch clips and read transcripts of the Republican debate.

I said in another post about this that I wish Clinton used the opportunity to advocate on behalf of the restaurant workers and their efforts to unionize. It would’ve been a more powerful move to make, in my opinion.

ratcist

I hear you, but chill out.

I’m pretty used to working at “diverse” organizations in which, sure, there’s plenty of blacks and latinos, but they are all admin or service staff. Self included.

Short of hopping out of a tanning salon into a red Sunfire, this is a pretty freakin’ Jersey story.