"When you are white, you don’t know what it’s like to be living in a ghetto," - Sanders

[Saint1]

Sanders's comment on white people and poverty creates social media stir

Bernie Sanders stumbled on a question at Sunday's debate over whether white Americans can empathize with blacks, stating that white people don't know what it's like to be poor.

"When you are white, you don’t know what it’s like to be living in a ghetto, you don’t know what it’s like to be poor, you don’t know what it’s like to be hassled when you are walking down a street or dragged out of a car," Sanders said when asked about his personal racial blind spots. "We must be firm in making it clear that we will end institutional racism and reform a broken criminal justice system."

The comments immediately caused a stir on Twitter.

DeRay McKesson, a prominent figure in the Black Lives Matter movement, pointed out the awkward phrasing on Twitter but defended the substance of Sanders's answer.

 

[CHL]

You know what he was trying to say.

 

[StatUS]

Yeah he was talking about whites shytting on people like BLM movement when they're not in that situation.

Obvious gaffe though along with the Excuse Me line. But Sanders is real so he doesn't have the same political decorum

 

[Pifferry]

Please don't let this blow up.

 

[Brosef]

Sanders is a real one

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Please don't let this blow up.

You can be damn sure the media would rather talk about this non-issue than the reality of Bernie winning 3 of 4 states over the weekend, all in blowouts.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

nah please let this shyt blow up

I'm interested to see the "Make America Great Again"/Obama is the worst president ever/pull yourself up by the bootstrap crowd, explain why they're in impoverished situations

 

[Atlrocafella]

You can be damn sure the media would rather talk about this non-issue than the reality of Bernie winning 3 of 4 states over the weekend, all in blowouts.

Why would they need to talk about that? Bernie only won 67 delegates this weekend and Clinton won 64. They basically broke even, so there's no real win for Bernie, nor is that a story since there is no blowout

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

Why would they need to talk about that? Bernie only won 67 delegates this weekend and Clinton won 64. They basically broke even, so there's no real win for Bernie, nor is that a story since there is no blowout

All of his wins were blowouts and if it was reversed and she had won 3 out of 4 it would be every headline telling Bernie to drop out. Hell, we're seeing that type of garbage and spin from your types anyway. Unbelievable bias.

 

[Calmye]

Being poor isn't a black thing. fukk how can y'all want to be apart of something that thinks you're inherently poor & dumb and need Cac government help for surviving

 

[Atlrocafella]

All of his wins were blowouts and if it was reversed and she had won 3 out of 4 it would be every headline telling Bernie to drop out. Hell, we're seeing that type of garbage and spin from your types anyway. Unbelievable bias.

it wasn't enough of a blow out if he barely beat her in delegate count. That old Jewish man is done mathematically anyway.

 

[FAH1223]

nah please let this shyt blow up

I'm interested to see the "Make America Great Again"/Obama is the worst president ever/pull yourself up by the bootstrap crowd, explain why they're in impoverished situations

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

it wasn't enough of a blow out if he barely beat her in delegate count. That old Jewish man is done mathematically anyway.

Anticipate and celebrate your downfall like a true idiot, good job

 

[Atlrocafella]

Anticipate and celebrate your downfall like a true idiot, good job

oh you mad clown? fukk Bernie and his stans

 

[Pifferry]

Being poor isn't a black thing. fukk how can y'all want to be apart of something that thinks you're inherently poor & dumb and need Cac government help for servicing.

His rhetoric about white poverty doesn't suggest he believes that.
It was a gaffe.