| | In speaking of [[Barack Obama]], [[Bill Clinton]] told Sen. [[Ted Kennedy]], "that boy would have been carrying our bags and getting us coffee a few years ago".<ref>[http://urbanintellectuals.com/2015/07/17/did-you-know-bill-clinton-made-racist-comments-about-barack-obama-when-he-first-ran-for-president/ Did You Know Bill Clinton Made Racist Comments About Barack Obama When He First Ran For President], F. Taylor, Urban Intellectuals, July 17, 2015.</ref> Kennedy was offended by Clinton's racism and refused to give Hillary the endorsement.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/28/hillaryclinton.usa Hillary has cynically turned to the one argument she has left: race], Gary Younge, ''Guardian'' UK, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.alternet.org/story/80258/america's_new_racial_reality%3A_white_minority_status America's New Racial Reality: White Minority Status], While Obama raises the bar for racial understanding, the Democratic Leadership Council leverages white voter fear. By Roberto Lovato / New America Media, March 21, 2008.</ref> [[Joe Biden]] said, "You got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy." <ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/31/biden.obama/ Biden's description of Obama draws scrutiny], [[CNN]]</ref> Senate Democrat Leader [[Harry Reid]] said Obama was a “light-skinned” African American “with no [[Negro]] dialect, unless he wanted to have one,”<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/01/the-juiciest-revelations-in-game-change/33226/</ref> | | In speaking of [[Barack Obama]], [[Bill Clinton]] told Sen. [[Ted Kennedy]], "that boy would have been carrying our bags and getting us coffee a few years ago".<ref>[http://urbanintellectuals.com/2015/07/17/did-you-know-bill-clinton-made-racist-comments-about-barack-obama-when-he-first-ran-for-president/ Did You Know Bill Clinton Made Racist Comments About Barack Obama When He First Ran For President], F. Taylor, Urban Intellectuals, July 17, 2015.</ref> Kennedy was offended by Clinton's racism and refused to give Hillary the endorsement.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/apr/28/hillaryclinton.usa Hillary has cynically turned to the one argument she has left: race], Gary Younge, ''Guardian'' UK, 2008.</ref><ref>[http://www.alternet.org/story/80258/america's_new_racial_reality%3A_white_minority_status America's New Racial Reality: White Minority Status], While Obama raises the bar for racial understanding, the Democratic Leadership Council leverages white voter fear. By Roberto Lovato / New America Media, March 21, 2008.</ref> [[Joe Biden]] said, "You got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy." <ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/31/biden.obama/ Biden's description of Obama draws scrutiny], [[CNN]]</ref> Senate Democrat Leader [[Harry Reid]] said Obama was a “light-skinned” African American “with no [[Negro]] dialect, unless he wanted to have one,”<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/01/the-juiciest-revelations-in-game-change/33226/</ref> |
| | [[Symone Sanders]], an [[African American]] and former [[Bernie Sanders]] aide was hired as press secretary for the [[Biden 2020 presidential campaign]];<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-hires-press-secretary-from-bernie-sanders-2016-campaign</ref> however [[Jen Psaki]] secured the White House job after the election because of her [[white privilege]].<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/symone-sanders-running-biden-wh-133541547.html</ref> | | [[Symone Sanders]], an [[African American]] and former [[Bernie Sanders]] aide was hired as press secretary for the [[Biden 2020 presidential campaign]];<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-hires-press-secretary-from-bernie-sanders-2016-campaign</ref> however [[Jen Psaki]] secured the White House job after the election because of her [[white privilege]].<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/symone-sanders-running-biden-wh-133541547.html</ref> |