Su suggerimento di @Ergosfera

Nel corso del dibattito tra i democratici Hillary Clinton e Bernie Sanders (nel pomeriggio esce un resoconto di questo e di altri eventi delle Primarie) una giornalista ha fatto una domanda che mette in luce una difficoltà di Sanders: quella di smarcarsi da Obama senza criticarlo, in particolare per le questioni riguardanti l’integrazione razziale e i provvedimenti in merito messi in atto dal primo presidente di colore.

But it’s the issue of Obama that’s giving Sanders his toughest political challenge right now. Some of that is unavoidable. His candidacy is premised on the fact that the political establishment—and that includes the president—refuses to create meaningful solutions to the problems of income inequality, student debt, and, yes, race relations, because it’s beholden to forces that profit from the way things are. Sanders genuinely believes Obama hasn’t done enough—and on some issues, he’s right.

The administration rescued the banks from the brink of disaster, but did little to help their victims. His team chose not to prosecute or punish the people responsible for the crisis. And back when Sanders was suggesting Obama should face a primary challenge, there were many people on the left—I was among them—who disagreed, but who were also discouraged at his efforts to reach a “grand bargain” with Republicans that would have cut Social Security and Medicare in exchange for some tax hikes. Sanders can’t disavow all of his criticisms of the president, nor should he.

But given that political bind, he should go out of his way to avoid unfair, unnecessary criticism, like the kind he delivered on Thursday. Sanders doesn’t—yet—grasp the sense of protectiveness and pride many African Americans feel about the president.

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