The Stranger SLOG has the article Guest Editorial: Why Saturday’s Bernie Sanders Rally Left Me Feeling Heartbroken. The author Pramila Jayapal is a state senator from Washington’s 37th District.

1) This is one small result of centuries of racism

2) When the disruption first happened, the crowd (mostly white) turned ugly.

3) I don’t have any answer on what is “right.”
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But here’s what I would have loved to have happen: after the protestors were able to get the mic and say their piece and have the 4.5 minutes of silence for all the black people who have been killed, I would have loved for Bernie Sanders to take the mic and respond. And also to speak about Social Security and Medicare too. Here’s what I would love even more: for the Sanders campaign and BLM nationally to sit down and talk about an agenda on racial justice that he can use his presidential platform to help move. Imagine rolling out that agenda and inviting black people to talk about it on stage with him. Now that excites me.

4) I had not yet endorsed Bernie Sanders (and still have not), although I was incredibly excited about his candidacy.

5) Here’s what I am trying to deeply think about: How do we call people in even as we call them out?

Pramila has some other important and eloquent things to say in her editorial. You really ought to read the whole thing. I have given you the 5 topics she covers in the hopes that it will make you want to read more. What she says in item 4 is instructive about some facts you may not know and heartening to me.

We all need to reach out to each other and talk this thing through.