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Originally Posted by BlueStreak

Oh, so now it's "racism", Huh? That's it whip out the race card.
See how you are? Why does everything boil down to race with you? You're so divisive. Racist pig.

Facts is facts.

Of course, its not just me. The Dems who support Ellison see him as an opportunity to double - down on identity politics.

The Democratic Party can’t afford to abandon the espousal of minority rights, but as the presidential race showed, it also faces difficulties winning a presidential race without appealing to white working-class voters. There’s also a generational struggle, between the aging, typically more centrist wing of the party and a younger, more liberal wing.

Ellison, who at 53 is part of the younger guard, sits at an interesting intersection for these issues. On the one hand, as a black man and one of two Muslims in the House, he can’t really avoid identity politics. (This is also the refrain from people of color, queer people, and others during the debate: We didn’t choose identity politics; we have no choice but to live them.) But Ellison is also an economic progressive and the co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and he was an early and fervent endorser of Sanders’ presidential bid, back in the days when Sanders was struggling to gain supporters of color.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/...-party/509336/