I know. Especially if you are female. They won’t hear you.

Can't explain to them period.

Of this OP - but you are spot on. I get a little sick and tired of white folks defining jack shit about black folks.

It comes from an arrogant default setting mentality.

apologize to you for the behavior of some people of my race.

I didn't agree with it when it was done to Hillary either.

But this is even more offensive and wrong and it's insensitive beyond belief, especially from folks who are claiming to be the most sensitive (by virtue of being far to the left on economic and civil rights issues).

Who's doing it now? Sometimes I can't stand my own (white) race.

basically.

sadly, even Bernie got into the act when he said he would do a better job on race than Obama had. of:

I really don't understand the resistance of a guy who fancies himself a common person to show the world his tax returns. It seems to me, if he is what he says he is in terms of commonness, the tax returns will prove that beyond a doubt.

Also disgusting

I've been seeing some of this bubbling up on Twitter. I'm of a mind it stems from more than insensitivity, but I agree it's flat wrong. Some serious reflection on how their messages are actually being perceived as are in order.

Even if it's unintentionally racist.

One doesn't need bad intentions to do racist things.

And the folks doing this kind of talking have usually taken nowhere near the risks, have nowhere near the record of effort on matters of race than say, Cory Booker or Kamala Harris.

They idea that they'd call them racist for not agreeing with an armchair Democratic socialist/liberal/left -whatever they want to be called is not only ridiculous, it's offensive.

As you say, they're usually speaking from a position in society where they've been insulated from the risks faced by people like Harris and Booker. I'm not blaming them for their position in life being different, but their lack of understanding and empathy I do blame them for.

than some white dudes posting on Facebook, Twitter or wherever in favor of, well, their candidate.

...

It's my experience that racism exists everywhere on the Left-Right spectrum.

wrong.

I have asked someone if they were a bigot.

what you’re describing is probably a Type I error

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It's one of the anti-Democratic go-to attacks. Shame we have to see it here.

As you said, it isn't that people of color cannot be called out for discrimination, internalized oppression, and other problems with regards to racial policies. There have always been people of color who attribute incorrectly the source of problems within their community. You have people like Bill Cosby who went around telling young Black men that their problems stemmed from them needing to "pick up your pants and stop acting foolish" and the like. There are Black conservatives who have bought into the idea that racism and discrimination do not factor into the problems faced by Black people and that the Democratic Party engages in "plantation politics".

The problem with White people telling people of color anything about their approach to racial policies is that White people do not have the experience of really dealing with racism and the lack of power that it entails.

Obviously for a complete critique of these White/male bros, it would require context under which they are calling out Harris and Booker specifically. What did they say? Which particular policies or acts would indicate racism in their minds? Etc...

But a quick thumbnail would always be, if you are thinking of calling out any fairly progressive person of color for being a racist... DON'T DO IT.

to "prove" they are racist against blacks, you are a racist, and are just being coy about calling people like Booker or Harris an Uncle Tom.

And, for the record, if people would actually READ "Uncle Tom's Cabin," Tom was a HERO, a Christ-like figure murdered for refusing to "snitch" on where runaways slaves escaped to.

Or is this just a generic division tactic?

racism divides us.

Is there a link to what you’re talking about?