I’ll keep this pretty short. Honestly, just watch the video.
Is Hillary Clinton really the kind of candidate who will rally progressives and the black community behind her when she refers to urban youth as “super predators” with “no conscience, no empathy”?
Yes, we are choosing a Democratic Party nominee, but we are also choosing a potential President.
And, yes, mindset matters.
So, let’s further unpack Hillary’s mindset.
She suggests that rather than trying to understand how poverty and social exclusion may have led children to make certain choices, it is more important to first “bring them to heel.”
That’s “heel” with an “e,” not “heal” with an “a.”
Hillary is talking about using the full force of the law to drive these children into submission.
No, not calling on social workers or teachers or doctors, but calling out the FBI:
Do America’s youth — facing execution-style killings across the country — deserve better than someone who cynically referred to them as “super predators” in a bid to bolster her husband’s so-called “tough-on-crime” credentials in the 1990s?
I think they do. To be frank — and I think this is a fair comparison — Hillary Clinton sounds exactly like Darren Wilson, describing Mike Brown as like a “demon” or “Hulk Hogan.”
In this primary, I’m voting for the candidate — Bernie Sanders — that has never referred to precious children as “super predators.” The candidate whose racial justice plan addresses all forms — physical, political, legal, economic and environmental — of structural violence against people of color.
Note how Bernie Sanders discussed crime and punishment five years before Hillary called kids “super predators.” Unlike Hillary, kindly note that Bernie thought it was just maybe ok to talk about children starving in impoverished, decaying cities as possibly related to crime.
So, in short, no, Hillary, children are not “super predators” — they are kids, they are children, they are young adults, they are our future. Their lives matter.
