I watched the videos and I have to say that Hillary was , I think,
condescending.
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VIDEO: Hillary Clinton Huddles With Black Lives Matter Activists
http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/hillary_clinton_huddles_with_bla
ck_lives_matter_activists_20150818/
Posted on Aug 18, 2015
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YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eCraUvIq-s>
Here's one measure of how the Black Lives Matter movement has made its mark
on national politics in a few short months: Some presidential candidates are
recognizing the need to get with the proverbial program (or at least seem as
if they are).
On Aug. 11, Hillary Clinton met with members of the anti-racist coalition
for a hush-hush session in Keene, N.H., perhaps seeking out the organization
before its representatives could publicly call her out-an
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/08/08/bernie-sande
rs-leaves-seattle-stage-after-event-disrupted-by-black-lives-matter-proteste
rs/> experience suffered earlier this month by rival Bernie Sanders.
CNN
<http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/18/politics/hillary-clinton-black-lives-matter-m
eeting/> on Tuesday relayed details from that meeting:
Throughout the 15-minute conversation, Clinton disagreed with the three
activists from Black Lives Matter who had planned to publicly press the 2016
candidate on issues on mass incarceration at an event earlier this month in
Keene, New Hampshire.
[...] The 2016 candidate even gave suggestions to the activists, telling
them that without a concrete plan their movement will get nothing but "lip
service from as many white people as you can pack into Yankee Stadium and a
million more like it."
"Look, I don't believe you change hearts," Clinton said, arguing that the
movement can't change deep seated racism. "I believe you change laws, you
change allocation of resources, you change the way systems operate. You're
not going to change every heart. You're not. But at the end of the day, we
could do a whole lot to change some hearts and change some systems and
create more opportunities for people who deserve to have them, to live up to
their own God-given potential."
[...] The activists, led by Daunasia Yancey, founder of Black Lives Matter
in Boston, pressed Clinton on her family's role in promoting "white
supremacist violence against communities of color."
The protesters' session with Clinton came about after they were shut out of
the presidential hopeful's campaign stop; her team claimed that was because
the event was already at capacity and about to start when the activists
sought entry.
In addition to articulating her own platforms and policies, Clinton also
faces the task of answering for husband Bill Clinton's actions during his
tenure in the White House. As to whether she addressed their questions
effectively, judging by Black Lives Matter's Boston-based Twitter feed, she
still has considerable work to do. "As FLOTUS, Senator, & Secretary of
State, HRC had more influence than most on policies that led 2 systemic
oppression of POC. #HollupHillary," the group tweeted
<https://twitter.com/BLM_Boston/status/633453631401029632> Monday.
Meanwhile, Sanders has also taken to Twitter to take civil rights activist
DeRay Mckesson up on the request to talk policy with Black Lives Matter
members, Politico
<http://www.politico.com/story/2015/08/bernie-sanders-black-lives-matter-der
ay-mckeeson-meeting-121431.html> reported Monday.
Watch footage of Clinton's meeting from Aug. 11 below (via Good
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eCraUvIq-s> ):
Part 1:
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Part 2:
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