African American

Millions of words have been written or spouted over media about what happened in 2016, fingers have been pointed in various directions, demands are being made that we tear down the Democratic Party and rebuild, and much of it has been based on false premises.

Your OP is spot on: how can these (mostly) white male pundits speak with such certitude about the motivations of AAs when they have never talked with them much less actually listened to them, never accurately developed a profile of the issues and policies that were uppermost in their minds? How can (mostly) white males blame "identity politics" when the base of the Democratic Party is people of color and women, or state categorically that if only we had talked more about economic issues we would have won over trump voters when the evidence is clear that those voters were motivated by racism and bigotry? Sarah Lerner wrote about those who want to put aside Democrats' public policy discussions as "privileged people not wanting to think too critically about how privileged they might be." That I think is the rub.

Before the hammer comes down on me for bashing white males, I fully acknowledge and appreciate the white males who are allies in the struggles for Civil Rights and equality and the men of all colors who support women's rights; it's just that they are not the ones who usually get the face time.