#BernieMadeMeWhite Is the Top Trend on Twitter

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Zach Cartwright | March 28, 2016
Twitter is expertly skewering the corporate media for erasing the contributions that people of color have made to the Bernie Sanders campaign with #BernieMadeMeWhite.

Two of the last three states Bernie Sanders won by landslide margins — Alaska and Hawaii — are also very ethnically diverse. One-third of Alaska’s population is Native American, Asian, Black, Pacific Islander, or of mixed race. And three-fourths of Hawaii’s population is made up of people of color, with nearly 50 percent being Asian.

Furthermore, Washington State ranks among the ten most ethnically diverse states in the country. But this didn’t stop cable media pundits from belittling Bernie Sanders’ victories by falsely claiming that the populations of those states are mostly white in order to justify the false narrative that the Vermont senator is unable to connect to nonwhite voters.

Twitter didn’t let the corporate media live down their mistake, either. After writer Leslie Lee III, who tweets @tokyovampires, created the #BernieMadeMeWhite hashtag, the social media network let loose:









In sweeping the Western caucuses yesterday, Sanders proved he’s viable with a wide swath of American voters, busting one of the main myths propagated by Clinton surrogates on national cable media networks. This is similar to the “Berniebro” narrative circulated earlier this year, in which liberal media pundits snidely mischaracterized Bernie Sanders supporters as mostly white, mostly male, and incredibly sexist.

However, this was proven to be patently untrue, as women — particularly young women — are some of Sanders’ biggest supporters. And Sanders fans come from a wide range of cultures, as Sanders has a track record of advocating for criminal justice reform, immigrants’ rights, and indigenous rights.

Twitter made sure to let the corporate media know their attempt to paint diverse Sanders supporters as white would not go unacknowledged:









And, of course, Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson, who is running for Mayor of Baltimore, arrived late to the joke, needing an explanation for why #BernieSoWhite was trending.



Even though they may not like it, those given an anchor desk at the major media networks will have to start giving Bernie Sanders his due for pulling off landslide victories in states where white people are a minority. If they continue failing to do so, social media will undoubtedly keep them in check.

#BernieMadeMeWhite Is the Top Trend on Twitter and It Is Hilarious


Some really cute tweets in link!

 

[Roberto Firmino]

 

[Meta Reign]

I love this. I love seeing people defy any false corporate media narrative force fed to them. I don't even like Sanders, but still this is great.

 

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Zach Cartwright | March 28, 2016
Twitter is expertly skewering the corporate media for erasing the contributions that people of color have made to the Bernie Sanders campaign with #BernieMadeMeWhite.

Two of the last three states Bernie Sanders won by landslide margins — Alaska and Hawaii — are also very ethnically diverse. One-third of Alaska’s population is Native American, Asian, Black, Pacific Islander, or of mixed race. And three-fourths of Hawaii’s population is made up of people of color, with nearly 50 percent being Asian.

Furthermore, Washington State ranks among the ten most ethnically diverse states in the country. But this didn’t stop cable media pundits from belittling Bernie Sanders’ victories by falsely claiming that the populations of those states are mostly white in order to justify the false narrative that the Vermont senator is unable to connect to nonwhite voters.

Twitter didn’t let the corporate media live down their mistake, either. After writer Leslie Lee III, who tweets @tokyovampires, created the #BernieMadeMeWhite hashtag, the social media network let loose:









In sweeping the Western caucuses yesterday, Sanders proved he’s viable with a wide swath of American voters, busting one of the main myths propagated by Clinton surrogates on national cable media networks. This is similar to the “Berniebro” narrative circulated earlier this year, in which liberal media pundits snidely mischaracterized Bernie Sanders supporters as mostly white, mostly male, and incredibly sexist.

However, this was proven to be patently untrue, as women — particularly young women — are some of Sanders’ biggest supporters. And Sanders fans come from a wide range of cultures, as Sanders has a track record of advocating for criminal justice reform, immigrants’ rights, and indigenous rights.

Twitter made sure to let the corporate media know their attempt to paint diverse Sanders supporters as white would not go unacknowledged:









And, of course, Black Lives Matter activist DeRay McKesson, who is running for Mayor of Baltimore, arrived late to the joke, needing an explanation for why #BernieSoWhite was trending.



Even though they may not like it, those given an anchor desk at the major media networks will have to start giving Bernie Sanders his due for pulling off landslide victories in states where white people are a minority. If they continue failing to do so, social media will undoubtedly keep them in check.

#BernieMadeMeWhite Is the Top Trend on Twitter and It Is Hilarious


Some really cute tweets in link!

the populations have nothing to do with anything. who voted for bernie in those states? if it was a huuge number of whites and not a huge number of other folks. than yeah, its still "mostly whites vote for bernie, mostly others vote for hill." narrative. and that would be accurate if it is....accurate. now if you catch the voters and the news is lying trying to frame a narrative...as they always do. then ask why? i think we already know why. The news wants hilly because she would drum up more ratings. and the corporations surely want her over bernie for obvious policy reasons.

 

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To the haters and bernie fans. or bernie policy fans. how bad would it be if we didnt have the internet where at least someone out there can tell the truth.