BY FROMA HARROP So Barack Obama is “a Rockefeller Republican in blackface.” He’s “a black mascot of Wall Street oligarchs” and “a black puppet of corporate plutocrats.” Those are the words of Cornel West, an African-American academic whom Bernie Sanders invites to campaign beside him. And Sanders’ fans wonder why Bernie isn’t catching on with black and Latino voters. They argue people of color just need to know their hero’s “positions.” They’d learn that if […]

Bernie’s Problem With Blacks – And Others
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