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		<title>Gillum for Governor, and Racism Everywhere</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum just won his party&#8217;s endorsement to run in the general election for Florida&#8217;s Governor. He is a strong candidate, a progressive, and we all hope he wins. He also happens to be African American, which would be a great thing for Florida. I have two observations, though, that I want to &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2018/08/29/gillum-for-governor-and-racism-everywhere/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Gillum for Governor, and Racism Everywhere</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tallahassee Mayor <a href="https://andrewgillum.com/">Andrew Gillum </a>just won his party&#8217;s endorsement to run in the general election for Florida&#8217;s Governor.  He is a strong candidate, a progressive, and we all hope he wins.</p>
<p>He also happens to be African American, which would be a great thing for Florida.</p>
<p>I have two observations, though, that I want to point out.</p>
<p>1) If you google around for the names of candidates that are referred to by name as &#8220;Sanders-backed [name of candidate]&#8221; you will find pretty much none.  Except for Gillum.  He is the &#8220;Sanders-backed gillum.&#8221;  His name, today in the news, appears most of the time with Sanders&#8217; name attached to him. Its like he is owned by Sanders. He can&#8217;t be his own candidate. He has to be the northern white guy&#8217;s candidate.</p>
<p>2) Ron DeSantis, the Russo-Republican Trumpian candidate running against Mayor Gillum, made a horrid racist comment.  In case you didn&#8217;t know, when an African American speaks in an articulate and intelligent matter, the racist thing to do is to call him articulate.  (In the old days, add in &#8220;He&#8217;s a credit to his race,&#8221; but we don&#8217;t do that so much any more.)  DeSantis did that. You probably know that referring to an African American as an ape, gorilla, or monkey, or making a vaguely indirect reference to such, is also racist.  DeSantis did that too. From <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/desantis-under-fire-saying-florida-should-t-monkey-electing-gillum-n904746">NBC</a> News:</p>
<blockquote><p>&#8220;You know, he is an articulate spokesman for those far-left views and he&#8217;s a charismatic candidate,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;The last thing we need to do is to monkey this up by trying to embrace a socialist agenda with huge tax increases and bankrupting the state. That is not going to work. That&#8217;s not going to be good for Florida.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>We are not surprised. But I thought you should know.</p>
<p><a href="https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gillum-primary-win?refcode=website">Send the guy ten bucks. </a></p>
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