{"id":115340,"date":"2021-02-01T21:24:31","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T02:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=115340"},"modified":"2021-02-01T21:27:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T02:27:03","slug":"leftist-writer-bernie-sanders-mittens-are-a-sign-of-white-supremacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leftist-writer-bernie-sanders-mittens-are-a-sign-of-white-supremacy\/","title":{"rendered":"Leftist Writer: Bernie Sanders\u2019 Mittens Are A Sign Of White Supremacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleftist-writer-bernie-sanders-mittens-are-a-sign-of-white-supremacy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=115340&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Even avowed Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is not immune from claims that he represents \u201cwhite privilege\u201d and perpetuates \u201cwhite supremacy,\u201d despite his progressive bona fides.<\/p>\n<p>A writer for the San Francisco Chronicle noted, over the weekend, that Sanders\u2019 decision to show up to President Joe Biden\u2019s swearing-in ceremony in a standard parka coat, dress slacks, and a pair of oversized sweater-print mittens \u2014 an ensemble that launched a million memes \u2014 is emblematic of the Vermont Senator\u2019s inability to connect with minorities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been studying diversity and discrimination in the United States; my students were ready. What did they see? They saw a white man in a puffy jacket and huge mittens, distant not only in his social distancing, but in his demeanor and attire,\u201d University of California-Berkeley professor Ingrid Seyer-Ochi wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA wealthy, incredibly well-educated and -privileged white man, showing up for perhaps the most important ritual of the decade, in a puffy jacket and huge mittens,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>In Sanders\u2019 defense, he shows up to nearly every event \u2014 even ones associated with his own presidential campaign \u2014 clad in the same $200 Burton Edgecomb down parka. He makes no exceptions, even for his former rival, Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-01-22\/bernie-sanders-s-meme-worthy-inauguration-coat-is-selling-out\">reportedly responsible for starting a high fashion trend<\/a> with the iconic appearance \u2014 \u201cgrumpy chic\u201d \u2014 and, by selling his own meme merchandise, raised nearly $2 million for the underprivileged in Vermont.<\/p>\n<p>Seyer-Ochi, though, saw Sanders\u2019 appearance as an insult, and while she draws a distinction between Sanders and the rioters who attacked the United States Capitol on January 6th, it\u2019s a distinction, she says, without a difference.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSen. Sanders is no white supremacist insurrectionist,\u201d she wrote. \u201cBut he manifests privilege, white privilege, male privilege and class privilege, in ways that my students could see and feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know many poor, or working class, or female, or struggling-to-be-taken-seriously folk who would show up at the inauguration of our 46th president dressed like Bernie,\u201d she concludes.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders, of course, is a socialist \u2014 a label he gives himself \u2014 and it\u2019s likely that he would eschew dressing in an expensive suit, largely because the idea is frivolous. It\u2019s possible his most dedicated followers would find fault with he very idea; certainly his fellow socialists, like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) have made headlines when donning expensive suits while claiming to represent the interests of the working poor.<\/p>\n<p>In a year when poverty spiked more than it has in decades, Democrats were out in force in designer attire for Biden\u2019s swearing in.<\/p>\n<p>Michelle Obama\u2019s silk mask by designer Christy Rilling cost a cool $45. Elements of her couture Sergio Hudson ensemble retail for between $400 and $1000. Her coat retails for more than Americans received in their December COVID-19 stimulus check.<\/p>\n<p>Obama\u2019s outfit should considered a dollop of perfection, per Seyer-Ochi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe talked about gender and the possible meanings of the attire chosen by Vice President Kamala Harris, Dr. Jill Biden, the Biden grandchildren, Michelle Obama, Amanda Gorman and others,\u201d she said of her class. \u201cWe referenced the female warriors inspiring these women, the colors of their educational degrees and their monochromatic ensembles of pure power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bernie, however, needs to try harder. \u201cWhen you see privilege, you know it,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even avowed Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is not immune from claims that he represents \u201cwhite privilege\u201d and perpetuates \u201cwhite supremacy,\u201d despite his progressive bona fides. 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