Sanders: We Must End Over-Policing in African-American Neighborhoods

[Stephanie]

LOL oh jeez wasn't racism a thing of the past. LOL

"Two themes dominate American politics today: at the forefront is declining economic opportunity; coursing underneath is race. This book connects the two. It explains popular enthusiasm for policies injuring the middle class in terms of "dog whistle politics": coded racial appeals that carefully manipulate hostility toward nonwhites. Examples of dog whistling include repeated blasts about criminals and welfare cheats, illegal aliens, and shari a law in the heartland. Superficially, these provocations have nothing to do with race, yet they nevertheless powerfully communicate messages about threatening nonwhites. In the last so years, dog whistle politics has driven broad swaths of white voters to adopt a self-defeating hostility toward government, and in the process has remade the very nature of race and racism. American politics today-and the crisis of the middle class-simply cannot be understood without recognizing racism's evolution and the power of pernicious demagoguery.

I initially sketched the ideas elaborated here in the Sixteenth Annual Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in American Society, delivered at New York University in the fall of 2011. The professor honored by the lecture series, Derrick Bell, passed away less than a month before the lecture he had invited me to deliver. You may have heard of him . Leading up to the 2012 election, a rightwing media outfit promised a "bombshell" about President Barack Obama. It turned out to be a grainy video of Obama as a student at Harvard Law School introducing Bell at a rally, and then giving him a hug. The warm clasp, media provocateur Andrew Breirbart's group claimed, symbolized Obamas full embrace of an intellectual leader they described as "the worst Johnny Appleseed of a nasty racialist legal theory [that argues] that the law is a weapon of the majority whites to oppress 'people of color.'"

From: 'Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class' by Ian Haney López

Additional point from another source.

"Gingrich, of course, denied this, offering “a bromide on the value of hard work” which was met with applause by the audience. Stanley writes: “Williams followed up by pointing out to Gingrich that expressions such as ‘lacking work ethic’ were associated with negative racial stereotypes…and it was disingenuous for Gingrich to deny them. The audience loudly booed Williams’s response.” In other words, “lacking a work ethic” is code for “lazy blacks,” just like “food stamps” or “welfare queens.” In 2012, you don’t need to say, “Negroes are shiftless freeloaders” to tap into the racist ideology of a portion of the audience. You just need to use the right code words." Not Your Grandfather's Philosophy - New Rambler Review

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oh brother. must you always post a stupid freaking book of ugly nonsense?

 

[my2¢]

These folks are so dumb, it's a wonder Hillary didn't try to top him with, "I believe they can do without fire protection too."

 

[guno]

LOL oh jeez wasn't racism a thing of the past. LOL

"Two themes dominate American politics today: at the forefront is declining economic opportunity; coursing underneath is race. This book connects the two. It explains popular enthusiasm for policies injuring the middle class in terms of "dog whistle politics": coded racial appeals that carefully manipulate hostility toward nonwhites. Examples of dog whistling include repeated blasts about criminals and welfare cheats, illegal aliens, and shari a law in the heartland. Superficially, these provocations have nothing to do with race, yet they nevertheless powerfully communicate messages about threatening nonwhites. In the last so years, dog whistle politics has driven broad swaths of white voters to adopt a self-defeating hostility toward government, and in the process has remade the very nature of race and racism. American politics today-and the crisis of the middle class-simply cannot be understood without recognizing racism's evolution and the power of pernicious demagoguery.

I initially sketched the ideas elaborated here in the Sixteenth Annual Derrick Bell Lecture on Race in American Society, delivered at New York University in the fall of 2011. The professor honored by the lecture series, Derrick Bell, passed away less than a month before the lecture he had invited me to deliver. You may have heard of him . Leading up to the 2012 election, a rightwing media outfit promised a "bombshell" about President Barack Obama. It turned out to be a grainy video of Obama as a student at Harvard Law School introducing Bell at a rally, and then giving him a hug. The warm clasp, media provocateur Andrew Breirbart's group claimed, symbolized Obamas full embrace of an intellectual leader they described as "the worst Johnny Appleseed of a nasty racialist legal theory [that argues] that the law is a weapon of the majority whites to oppress 'people of color.'"

From: 'Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class' by Ian Haney López

Additional point from another source.

"Gingrich, of course, denied this, offering “a bromide on the value of hard work” which was met with applause by the audience. Stanley writes: “Williams followed up by pointing out to Gingrich that expressions such as ‘lacking work ethic’ were associated with negative racial stereotypes…and it was disingenuous for Gingrich to deny them. The audience loudly booed Williams’s response.” In other words, “lacking a work ethic” is code for “lazy blacks,” just like “food stamps” or “welfare queens.” In 2012, you don’t need to say, “Negroes are shiftless freeloaders” to tap into the racist ideology of a portion of the audience. You just need to use the right code words." Not Your Grandfather's Philosophy - New Rambler Review

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[Wildman]

oh jeez wasn't racism a thing of the past.

yes it was until that fucking illegal alien muslime commie mulatto from Kenya stirred up the racist hateful colored people.

 

[LeftofLeft]

we see the Socialist Bernie and the witch Hillary is now coming out to pander for the black vote. I wonder how the good folks living there like hearing their party saying they should just live with the gangs investing and roving their neighborhoods? these people are such lowlife snakes again attacking our Civilian police force.

snip;
By Melanie Hunter | February 12, 2016 | 1:17 PM EST


(CNSNews.com) – Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called for an end of “over-policing” in black neighborhoods during the PBS Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wis., on Thursday night.

“What we have to do is end over-policing in African-American neighborhoods. The reality is that both the African-American community and the white community do marijuana at about equal rates,” Sanders said. “The reality is four times as many blacks get arrested for marijuana. Truth is that far more blacks get stopped for traffic violations.”

all of it here:
Sanders: We Must End Over-Policing in African-American Neighborhoods

Police are damned if they do, damned if they don't. If police took Sanders heed, the police would be tagged racist for not going into Black Communities to stop crime and be blamed for the rise in crime. If Police went Sanders plan, crime would go up. Black Lives Matter would be demanding Police to get back into their communities and protect so that Black Lives Matter can get back to doing their jobs tearing down the police. Kind of like a Beyoncé act with police escort for her protection.

 

[Wildman]

Let the animals and thugs kill each other.

very damn good idea, and if they do not have a gun, give them a single shot pistol and one bullet!!

 

[Stephanie]

I think he needs to up his game and start offering free stuff, fried chicken, watermellon, rims, etc.

Careful, your racism is showing.

really? and your snobbery and acting as the judge and jury of you fellow citizens right to Freedoms of speech is sickening

 

[Rozman]

Well the Mayor of Baltimore set the standard for policing during a riot....

Send the police out there with minimal protection...
Give the rioters space to operate.
Make sure there is stand down order in place.
allow the looters and rioters to have at it until they get tired or bored.

 

[Rozman]

Good luck to the white people who are stuck in crime ridden black controlled neighborhoods ....
Who you gonna vote for now whitey?

 

[Unkotare]

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(CNSNews.com) – Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called for an end of “over-policing” in black neighborhoods during the PBS Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wis., on Thursday night.

“What we have to do is end over-policing in African-American neighborhoods.....

Holy shit, what a bad idea. The old socialist is obviously senile.

 

[Rozman]

We all know that white people commit all the crime....
Our jails are full of violent criminal white people....
Why are we over policing in black areas....

It just doesn't make any sense....heh heh

What planet does Bernie think he's living on....
Not Planet Reality that's for sure.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

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(CNSNews.com) – Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called for an end of “over-policing” in black neighborhoods during the PBS Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wis., on Thursday night.

“What we have to do is end over-policing in African-American neighborhoods.....

Holy shit, what a bad idea. The old socialist is obviously senile.

Yeah he is.

 

[Meathead]

They've already locked horns about who's less establishment, who's more progressive and who shines Obama's knob better, now they're going to squabble over who's blacker.

 

[Manonthestreet]

Didnt they do this in Baltimore or Ferguson and the people whined "where are the police"

 

[Unkotare]

They've already locked horns about who's less establishment, who's more progressive and who shines Obama's knob better, now they're going to squabble over who's blacker.

You are disqualified from the discussion because you are an established racist POS, but the fact is that what Waldorf is suggesting might be the worst possible thing one could wish on those "black neighborhoods" in question.

 

[LordBrownTrout]

They've already locked horns about who's less establishment, who's more progressive and who shines Obama's knob better, now they're going to squabble over who's blacker.

Its gonna be a barnburner. The senile bernie cant stop frothing and bending over offering freebies to blacks while they shout him down and he continues to apologize. What a freak. Then there's the hil, who is married to the first real black president. Shes got their dialect too when shes down in selma busting out scripture to the black folks.

 

[Meathead]

This is actually Sanders when he was younger:

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

I think he needs to up his game and start offering free stuff, fried chicken, watermellon, rims, etc.

Careful, your racism is showing.

Careful, your IQ is showing. I'm poking fun at them, I don't agree that black, white or brown people needs special consideration from politicians.

Not only that, but think how insulting it is for Democrats to think they need to cater to the criminal element to get black votes. If I were black, I would be totally insulted.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

we see the Socialist Bernie and the witch Hillary is now coming out to pander for the black vote. I wonder how the good folks living there like hearing their party saying they should just live with the gangs investing and roving their neighborhoods? these people are such lowlife snakes again attacking our Civilian police force.

snip;
By Melanie Hunter | February 12, 2016 | 1:17 PM EST


(CNSNews.com) – Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called for an end of “over-policing” in black neighborhoods during the PBS Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wis., on Thursday night.

“What we have to do is end over-policing in African-American neighborhoods. The reality is that both the African-American community and the white community do marijuana at about equal rates,” Sanders said. “The reality is four times as many blacks get arrested for marijuana. Truth is that far more blacks get stopped for traffic violations.”

all of it here:
Sanders: We Must End Over-Policing in African-American Neighborhoods

Police are damned if they do, damned if they don't. If police took Sanders heed, the police would be tagged racist for not going into Black Communities to stop crime and be blamed for the rise in crime. If Police went Sanders plan, crime would go up. Black Lives Matter would be demanding Police to get back into their communities and protect so that Black Lives Matter can get back to doing their jobs tearing down the police. Kind of like a Beyoncé act with police escort for her protection.

That's what happened in NYC. Stop and Frisk was responsible for the reduction in violent and gun crimes against the black community. But the black community decided they didn't want lower crime and violence, so they petitioned to have Stop and frisk put to a halt.

Since then, violent crime and black murders have increased. In a few years from now, that same community will by crying that police should do something about it; they are being ignored.

 

[jon_berzerk]

we see the Socialist Bernie and the witch Hillary is now coming out to pander for the black vote. I wonder how the good folks living there like hearing their party saying they should just live with the gangs investing and roving their neighborhoods? these people are such lowlife snakes again attacking our Civilian police force.

snip;
By Melanie Hunter | February 12, 2016 | 1:17 PM EST


(CNSNews.com) – Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called for an end of “over-policing” in black neighborhoods during the PBS Democratic presidential debate in Milwaukee, Wis., on Thursday night.

“What we have to do is end over-policing in African-American neighborhoods. The reality is that both the African-American community and the white community do marijuana at about equal rates,” Sanders said. “The reality is four times as many blacks get arrested for marijuana. Truth is that far more blacks get stopped for traffic violations.”

all of it here:
Sanders: We Must End Over-Policing in African-American Neighborhoods

i tell ya

the big rock candy mountian needs to be his theme song

--LOL

it is almost as if he built his platform around the song

--LOL

One evening as the sun went down
And the jungle fires were burning,
Down the track came a hobo hiking,
And he said, "Boys, I'm not turning
I'm headed for a land that's far away
Besides the crystal fountains
So come with me, we'll go and see
The Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,
There's a land that's fair and bright,
Where the handouts grow on bushes
And you sleep out every night.
Where the boxcars all are empty
And the sun shines every day
And the birds and the bees
And the cigarette trees
The lemonade springs
Where the bluebird sings
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
All the cops have wooden legs
And the bulldogs all have rubber teeth
And the hens lay soft-boiled eggs
The farmers' trees are full of fruit
And the barns are full of hay
Oh I'm bound to go
Where there ain't no snow
Where the rain don't fall
The winds don't blow
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains
You never change your socks
And the little streams of alcohol
Come trickling down the rocks
The brakemen have to tip their hats
And the railway bulls are blind
There's a lake of stew
And of whiskey too
You can paddle all around it
In a big canoe
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains

In the Big Rock Candy Mountains,
The jails are made of tin.
And you can walk right out again,
As soon as you are in.
There ain't no short-handled shovels,
No axes, saws nor picks,
I'm bound to stay
Where you sleep all day,
Where they hung the jerk
That invented work
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains.
....
I'll see you all this coming fall
In the Big Rock Candy Mountains