'I worked for Bernie in 2016. Here's why Black voters aren't feeling the Bern in 2020' [View all]

https://thegrio.com/2020/03/31/i-worked-for-bernie-2020/

OPINION: Sanders' former national Black outreach director says the Vermont senator hasn't yet learned from his past mistakes

By Marcus Ferrell - March 31, 2020

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"Black and indigenous people are the original progressive people of America. How do you call yourself a progressive without consistently acknowledging us? The problem is, as is the problem with most of the white progressive spaces, he took everything from the Black movement and forgot about the Black part.

Bernie simply didn’t do what was needed to take his energy, popularity, and email list to boost his Black support during the 2016 election and leading up to 2020. This is not an indictment against what he stands for, but rather the political will to implement necessary tactics to earn Black trust.

How are you going to peel Black support from a man who was the VP to America’s first Black president? Time, tactics and effort, that’s how. Bernie had 4 years to set up in Black communities and engage them with his message, organization, but he instead chose to do the same thing — only to get the same result. It’s political insanity.

That has nothing to do with Joe Biden having an invigorating campaign (show me the large Black media buy) or Black folks trusting him. It has everything to do with taking the time for them to trust what’s already in the hearts of most Black leaders and voters: real change for our communities."