The sword turned to stone and shattered . Future elder Kai is dead <| sep |> Please remove your tracking parameter from your URL and resubmit . <| sep |> I think hope that the logic most of those Sanders supporters are using is thisIf you fix the economic injustice issue , a good chunk of the racial injustice issue will be solved along with it . Racial injustice is far more than just economic injustice issues , it touches on criminal justice issues , education issues , and probably most of all , cultural issues . A President has very little ability to fix cultural issues . It sucks , but there ' s no law the Government can enact that will force white people to realize and check their privilege . So the focus of the progressive should be on things that the Government has the power to do , and not on the things that Government doesn ' t have the power to do . Again , I hope that is the argument they ' re trying to make . I understand I could be naive about that . As to your larger point , I agree completely with Sanders and yourself that this movement needs to craft a vision of the future that works for everyone . I also agree that many of Sanders supporters are not just unproductive but counterproductive when communicating that vision to minorities . There ' s a lack of education in our movement about how to communicate these issues . Believe me . I get it . I saw it first hand canvassing for Bernie in the S . Carolina primary , but there ' s a catch 22 there . We need minorities to teach us how to better communicate these issues , but we can ' t bring minorities in to teach us because we don ' t communicate these issues effectively . Minoritiesthe youththe poorUnion workerspacifists . This was the old progressive coalition that achieved the great reforms of the 20 th Century . We ' ve allowed that coalition to be broken up and wedged to death by corporate interests and infighting . If we can unify that coalition , keep them active and unified , get them to turn out in greater numbers , we ' ll never lose another election . We won ' t be able to unify that coalition though until we realize that all seats need an equal place at the table and we need groups to be able to fight for the needs of other groups . Union folk and white youth need to be able to argue effectively for minority interests and minorities need to be able to argue effectively for Union interests .