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> comes off more like an old guard republican rather then a democrat

This is true of most Democrats these days, except when they want to pander to minorities or other disadvantaged groups who could use real, actual allies instead of the panderers. I am amazed and humbled by these folks' perseverance in the face of a two party system in which one party apparently hates them and the other thinks so little of them that their best efforts at being allies generally consists of terrible pandering.

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Maybe many minorities and members of disadvantaged groups don't like being told that the pressing issues which affect their communities are just "identity politics," which seems to me to happen a lot lately.

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Of course; it's insulting to have these issues reduced to a phrase like that. It's also insulting to have these issues reduced to a plug on the campaign trail and then ignored for the next year or two until the next big campaign​, or used as a weapon by one rich old white lady against an affluent old Jewish guy to score political points (for example).

You want to see the typical Democratic interaction with minorities on a political level? Look at Flint, during the Primaries and general election, and compare it to now.