I hope you’re right, the idea of him even coming close to the White House frankly terrifies me. The Republican party is in so much crazy train disarray, I just can’t rule Trump out completely at this point.
People of color are supporting Bernie Sanders in much larger numbers than the media is aware of, in my opinion. For example, after the Seatlle BLM incident, there was a very large outpouring of support for Bernie Sanders via POC through social media (one example of many with over 7.5 million views) that the corporate media completely ignored.
No doubt Sanders needs more outreach and has a long way to go in that regard, but there’s no reason to think that once more people of color become aware of Sanders (and his civil rights record and current agendas) that they’ll simply ignore those advantages.
The truth of the matter is Hillary Clinton has to run away from a lot of her past record and she has to flip flop and pander. POC are getting increasingly wise to that fact. For example, when POC find out about Hillary Clinton and her ties to private prisons, they tend to recoil from her and embrace Sanders. I’m seeing this happening every day under the radar of the corporate media that’s still attempting to create the illusion that Sanders can’t win against Hillary.
Take a good look at that chart I showed you up there.
Those polls are not limited to white males only. Hillary is in a downward spiral among all Americans and Bernie is surging among all Americans of all races. This may not jive with your anecdotal observations, but it’s what’s happening nationwide.
The mainstream media polls and observations on support for Bernie from POC is flawed for the reasons I note here. There’s no wall of confusion between POC and Bernie Sanders. It’s just a matter of name recognition and outreach that’s in process as we speak:
WARNING: INTENSE PASSION
(May be unsuitable for some Hillary Clinton audiences who are used to mechanical, droning, status quo talking points and general pandering.)
Cornel West introduces Bernie Sanders at Benedict College September 12th
