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Related: About this forumNative issues have finally been injected into the primary
And so far continue to be ignored.
At Friday's Community Forum on Black America. There was an African/Native American on the panel who had the opportunity to ask the one participating candidate a question, and then there was a remarkable exchange at the very end between the moderator, the candidate and Clyde Bellecourt, cofounder of AIM.
The YouTube video isn't working for me at the moment, but here's the link:
It's very long, the candidate doesn't appear until 2 1/2 hours in; Bellecourt speaks at the very end.
Considering how DU has been aflame over the respect due to prominent civil rights activists, and considering the similarity to previous confrontations in the campaign, I find it strange that the confrontation at the forum is not being discussed here.
Does nobody care?
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Native issues have finally been injected into the primary (Original Post)
Mike__M
Feb 2016
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Gregorian
(23,867 posts)1. I posted on it last night. Heartbreaking.
I thought it was a very important meeting. The people finally getting a chance to be heard.
wendylaroux
(2,925 posts)2. It was so very sad.
and how the meeting ended.My God.
Mike__M
(1,052 posts)3. The Native press is noticing, anyway