Bernie Sanders failed to address concerns from Black Lives Matter protesters at the Netroots Nation conference and decided to instead to talk over them. A widespread critique from #BlackTwitter soon followed.

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Roderick Morrow of the podcast “Black Guy Who Tips” discusses how the #BernieSoBlack hashtag came to be. Morrow felt that Sanders supporters who were upset about his criticism of the candidate’s dismissal of protesters were “scolding” him, saying that Sanders “was blacker than [him].”

Then #BernieSoBlack was born.

https://twitter.com/rodimusprime/status/622779358445375488

Here are a few of our favorites:

https://twitter.com/Russian_Starr/status/622785916688539649

#BerniesoBlack he called diabetes "the sugar."

— Bougie Black Girl (@BougieBlackGurl) July 19, 2015

https://twitter.com/thetrudz/status/622804477280583680

#BernieSoBlack he loves his blackness and yours. (s/o to @deray) 😜

— ⚓️Imani Two-Kitchens Gandy⚓️ (@AngryBlackLady) July 19, 2015

#BernieSoBlack he singlehandedly laid the tracks for the Underground Railroad.

— Nani (@lenubienne) July 19, 2015

the studio audience on good times? that was all him. #BernieSoBlack

— Desus Nice (@desusnice) July 19, 2015

I heard Bernie Sanders sat up all night guarding Coretta and the kids with a rifle while MLK was prepping to march in Selma. #BernieSoBlack

— BGD (@BGDblog) July 19, 2015

#BernieSoBlack he wears Stacey Adams with shorts as he does the electric slide at family reunion

— Andrea Morgan (@AndreaDMorgan) July 19, 2015

"Power to the people"? Bernie coined that phrase while stealing electricity from the man. #BernieSoBlack

— Dion L Moffett (@Da901Kid) July 19, 2015

#BernieSoBlack He teaches a seminar on exactly how to "catch" the Holy Ghost!

— Dion L Moffett (@Da901Kid) July 19, 2015

https://twitter.com/rodimusprime/status/622778730100854784

Pretty sure Bernie played spades with Stokely Carmichael at a Jackson 5 concert once. @rodimusprime

— ⚓️Imani Two-Kitchens Gandy⚓️ (@AngryBlackLady) July 19, 2015

#BerniesoBlack he knows ain't no cookies in this tin. pic.twitter.com/QpPrXJVoBY

— Bougie Black Girl (@BougieBlackGurl) July 19, 2015

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