Why leftists don't trust Kamala Harris, Cory Booker, and Deval Patrick

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The contest for control of the Democratic Party between left and center is continuing apace. The latest battleground is over a handful of minority Democrats being groomed by the centrist establishment to run for office: Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), and former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick.

If the center wants to win

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[natyanayaki]

i don't think that being called a racist inaccurately is as bad as being accused of playing the race card, and i agree that one can be a woman/minority and still say sexist/racist things (and in terms of racial minorities it's super complicated -- indians can be super anti-black for example).

i understand your criticism of the author, and agree to an extent, but i also think that as a citizen and a journalist it's fair for him to point out that tactic because a lot of the people who are being silenced don't have the platform he has, or the platform that these politicians or some of their supporters.

i do think it's more damaging than you're crediting because it's not just certain politicians who use it, or their higher profile supporters, but also many random supporters who (are often racist/sexist themselves) use it to shut down critics regardless of their gender/race.

it just feels as though establishment, centrist democrats have begun male-washing and white-washing leftists and all that has done is turn me off of the party and that's the impression i'm getting from many leftists who are also minority women because depending on what we say we either deal with racist, sexist attacks or we're silenced for being "racist, white men" and it's tedious. i think people have to remember that some of us get both.