Sanders spoke of working - class whites as equal citizens with legitimate interests, and not as oppressive deplorables who needed to be taken down a peg by wealthy,
white politicians with Ivy League degrees.
After all, did anyone
suggest white politicians were inherently dirty when charges were brought against former Comptroller Alan Hevesi or Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno?
Pointing at
corrupt white politicians to justify corruption among black and Latino politicians is hypocritical, cynical, and smacks of professional victimhood.
In a potentially cheap high - concept gimmick, «Bulworth» lets its button -
down white politician turn homeboy, rapping excitedly to the same electorate he once put to sleep.
When the magnificent Beacon is stolen,
white politicians seek the services of the best steeplejack in Bar - Selehm to shed light on the heist — and 17 - year - old Ang Sutonga is drawn into intrigue, mired in cultural and racial tension, that goes far beyond the theft.
«Black power» veteran Barron represents the community activists who've long stayed on the outside, railing at black and
white politicians they viewed as slow to respond to the needs of black people and the poor.
And frankly, the ending, which uneasily equates the efforts of the title character —
a white politician — with those of black civil - rights leaders is so outrageous that its target audience will likely be offended.
In a speech to her union's convention Thursday, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) president Randi Weingarten asserted that «The real pioneers of private school choice were
the white politicians who resisted school integration.»