Leftists and race, and a side note on Joan Baez.
I don't know how black people can't see it, but the Left's massive paternalism has been obvious to me for years. Watch and see how they treat their new black senator. Colleague, or trophy?
In Joan Baez's favor, I would like to point out that she was one of the very, very few people on the Left willing to acknowledge the hell that was going on in Vietnam after we left that nation. She spoke out for Boat People and others, a consistent rather than a politically-motivated human rights advocate.
Of the famous anti-war leftists, she was almost alone in this. She was condemned by other leftists, who had decided to firmly ignore the consequences of their political actions.
She earned a lot of points with me for that back then.