{"id":11198,"date":"2015-05-27T16:36:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-27T23:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11198"},"modified":"2015-05-27T16:36:09","modified_gmt":"2015-05-27T23:36:09","slug":"on-white-fragility-and-on-smearing-sanders-bradcast-5272015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=11198","title":{"rendered":"On ‘White Fragility’ and On Smearing Sanders: ‘BradCast’ 5\/27\/2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the corporate media continues to smear<\/a> and\/or ignore<\/a> and\/or marginalize<\/a> Bernie Sanders’ candidacy for the Democratic Presidential nomination, we’re happy to play extended excerpts from Tuesday’s massive kick-off rally in Burlington, VT on today’s BradCast<\/i><\/a>. You’re welcome, Politico<\/a> and “everyday Americans” everywhere!<\/p>\n

Then, I was joined by journalist and playwright Aurin Squire to discuss his recent TPM essay on “Biker Gangs, Tamir Rice, And The Rise Of White Fragility”<\/a>. Squire raises a number of important issues in his piece concerning how so many in the nation’s white, male, privileged power structure seem to be desperately trying to cling to control they think<\/i> they are losing. In the meantime, they are voting against their own best interests, even as they try to restrict the rights of “the others”.<\/p>\n

Plus: Breaking news on the bipartisan Nebraska state legislature successfully overriding<\/a> their GOP Governor’s veto to abolish the death penalty once and for all; three new GOP candidates set to get into the 2016 race; and John Boehner’s latest, ridiculous dog whistles…<\/p>\n

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