One of our oldest and whitest Democratic figures had something to say a day or two back. He was addressing (on national TV) black protesters who were outraged about the homicide of a young, unarmed black woman who had gone down in a gale of police bullets. He advised the protesters not to do anything "inappropriate."
I can't speak for people of color, of course, but I'm going to guess that many people of color are not looking for advice on what is appropriate from a 1980s empty suit. The Democrat should already know that, but he doesn't. White men giving patronizing advice to black people went out about 60 years ago.
But what if he wasn't talking to black people? Maybe he was talking to people like himself who need reassurance that nothing much is going to change here.
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