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After presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) was shut down by Black Lives Matter activists at Netroots Nation yesterday, progressives used the #BernieSoBlack hashtag to debate his storied civil rights legacy on Twitter.
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Sanders has a long history of progressive politics in his home state of Virginia, including his stances of healthcare and affordable housing, but problematic stances on Israel and gun control — and suspicions that he’s being used as a sheepdog candidate to herd radical activists back into the fold of the Democratic Party — have some people expressing ambivalence about him.
This split among progressives came to a head on social media this afternoon and the hashtag #BernieSoBlack was born.
See a view of the funniest below:
https://twitter.com/thetrudz/status/622804477280583680
https://twitter.com/kchamomile/status/622797099650928641
https://twitter.com/Russian_Starr/status/622785916688539649
https://twitter.com/rodimusprime/status/622779358445375488
Not everyone thought the jokes were funny, though:
https://twitter.com/USAforBernie/status/622881473809379328
https://twitter.com/lybr3/status/622875164678590464
With President Obama leaving office, there is a renewed interest in (and expectation of) how the President of the United States should tackle racism and White supremacy.
This is only the beginning.
