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YK what’s wild? Folks that couldn’t stand ya man in 2015/2016 had ears open this go round. Prob was, we had way more choices to choose from, wasn’t just him against She who must not be named. So, way more choices AND...what could be called (VERY DELIBERATE) *mistakes* in 16...
...were seen as calculating, clear choices in 2019/2020. And that’s just it. You cannot win the Dem nomination w/o the Black vote. And listen, I was a Harris, Castro, Warren person. Those were my top 3. But I would’ve absolutely supported ya man if folks would’ve shown up...
...for him. They did not. They didn’t show up for my faves either. And here we are. Moving forward, if we make it to 2024, whatever Progressive/anti establishment...yadda yadda...candidate folks are excited about? Do Black Voters know them? Are they making the efforts NOW to ...
...have their support 4 years from now? If not, they will lose. Again. Supporters of these people should be adamant about their person doing that work. Say what you want, and I know folks HATE that Black Voters get this much power in choosing the nominee. The anti-blackness...
...you smell it from across the street. Even from other Black people. And Black voters know that. Folks are disgusted that they have to dance...for Black Americans. And their supporters are too. Well then lose. But if you *really* want your person to do well next time...
...you better be on them to be building those relationships NOW. Godwilling we get thru this? A whooooole lot of people are gonna be more open to a form of Universal HealthCare & many other things but I’ma tell you right now, Black voters will not be with you if your policies...
...are 1, race blind or 2, not specific enough on the barriers that non-white ppl face. We’re talking about Black voters right now tho. Black & Brown ppl are dying at a disproportionate rate right now. We just had that whole convo last yr about BW dying at 3/4x the rate...
...of WW due to childbirth complications. Our schools, the cost of college, the rate at which we aren’t promoted at work compared to other ppl (this hits BW extremely hard) and just the regular degular racism/sexism that BP go thru. These issues are not one offs. We know...
...were they come from and why they’re still allowed to exist. Your “progressive” candidate needs to care enough to explore these issues AND value the Black Vote enough to know, accept & bow down to that fact that NO *revolution* in this country has happened w/o Black Ppl. AND...
...Black ppl are young, middle aged, old, half of the Black population are women, the Black Pop has LGBTQ folks in it, disabled folks...like...TALK TO US. What sense does it make to *only* target young folks when Black Boomers & Black Gen Xers are right there?? Folks who...
...were voting 10/20/30 years before Obama came around. Your next Progressive candidate shouldn’t just WANT the Obama coalition, they NEED them. Hopefully we can get this maniac & McConnel, Lindsay & the rest of them out. Folks are desperate to do that & for very good reason...
...you can go on & on about why folks who claimed they hated *She who must not be names* (her, her policies) but turned around & voted for Biden IN DROVES in places that she lost in on another day. You can talk about all of the ways it shouldn’t be Biden. Ok. And here we are...
...so moving forward, whomever you see it for in 2024, whatever Progressive candidate may come around, they better be making those in roads with Black voters now. And they better like it. They better love it. And that’s that on that. Or keep patronizing Black Voters...
...on what we don’t know, what we don’t do, how we don’t read, are stuck on the plantation, or whatever the fuck racist shit ya’ll say. 1619 project came out last year. The facts are, Black Americans have pushed this country forward in ways no one else has. In ways this ...
...country *should* be proud of. In ways that help EVERYONE. Even if you are not Black. Some might even argue that the work Black Americans have done to push this country forward, non-Black people benefit from more than Black ppl. But that’s America, right? It’s not ...
...*Soul Food* it’s *Southern Cuisine*. Hip Hop/Rap/Urban culture is not *Black American culture* it’s *American Culture*. We’re erased from our own movements & folks use the same lingo/language & purposely erase Black folks. Black Americans, who’ve been here for generations...
...are first Gens, or from the Caribbean, the continent...where ever, we’re here. Our Blackness connects us and to be Black in this country (no matter where you’re from) means something very specific. That comes with a long & traumatic history. It also comes with gr8 triumphs.
We are only 13% of the country so we cannot do it all. But any Progressive worth their salt should be bending over backwards not only to *court* Black votes but to have us in leadership positions. That’s what Dems have going for them that Repubs do not. Repubs are the party of...
..White ppl. We know that. Dems have a whole lot of everyone else. We don’t always get along or agree. Obama cannot be the only one who knew how to get everyone EXCITED to vote for them. Black Voters, Latinx Voters, White Dems, Asian Voters, Indigenous voters...every1! Now...
...folks had strong opinions of him then & now. Ya’ll can discuss that on your own. The point? Record turn out because of that coalition. Excitement because of that coalition. Also worth noting, the usual for politics is most of these politicians are *not* exciting.
We were spoiled w/Obama. I remember there was similiar excitement (at least from the Black folks I was around) for Bill Clinton. Nothing like the excitement for Obama tho. So...being over the moon excited to vote for *any* politician, ESPC for Black folks...doesn’t happen often.
But it did that 1 time. And we C what happened. We also see how disgusted the country was @ our excitement & turned around & voted 4 an incompetent scammer. Maybe this cycle will continue. It usually does. Can’t say we don’t know better tho. We do. We cannot do 4 more yrs. ~Fin~
