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Clinton, Sanders Talk Weed, Reparations and White Privilege to Reach Young Voters of Color

Submitted by Marijuana News on Wed, 01/13/2016 - 00:09

The 2016 Brown & Black Presidential Forum, hosted by Fusion and moderated by Jorge Ramos, Alicia Menendez, Akilah Hughes and Rembert Browne, could be a turning point in this year's election. The candidates, frontrunner Hillary Clinton, spoiler Bernie Sanders and longshot Martin O'Malley, were there to plead their cases directly to younger voters, a demographic that's highly prized yet hard to reach. They touched on everything from gun control to immigration reform, but three issues in particular stood out for young people of color: weed, reparations and white privilege.

All these issues have long been taboo in American politics. But, thanks to a shift in the public's consciousness (h/t Ta-Nehisi Coates) and some acknowledgment that the country's prison problem has gotten out of control, young people now want to hear where candidates stand on these issues.

During the forum, Hughes asked about weed. "In states where marijuana is legal, there are men and women in jail...

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