Where does Hillary Clinton really stand re: black youth?
Past quotes from Hillary Clinton have come forth that could demolish her support from the African-American community, assuming they get reported and assuming the African-American community cares (I'll blog on that another time). Her specific comments: "They are often the kinds of kids that are called 'super-predators,' " Hillary Clinton said then. "No conscience, no empathy. We can talk about why they ended up that way, but first we have to bring them to heel." This came to the public's attention because a young African American woman brought it up at a $500 per person fundraiser Ms. Clinton was having. She and a friend paid to get in, then put up a banner with part of that quote and asked Ms. Clinton to explain it. The video is quite popular now. See the video and some really good contextual commentary by Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k4nmRZx9nc The background - in 1996, Ms. Clinton ...