Trump goes for the jugular. The jugular in this election is the black vote. Today, he announced at a black economic empowerment forum a plan he claimed will increase Black capital by $500 billion. Time 4 a bidding war over the Black vote. Joe, come out with something bigger. Now.

In a country where capital really counts, lack of capital is what has kept black people back the most. Racism is real. White supremacy is real. Police abuse is real. But black people would have shrugged all of it off if we'd been given our 40 acres and a mule.

I should add, since folks are asking, that I don't believe Trump's promises here. But I do believe that black people would benefit if politicians actually had to compete for their votes. This article was illuminating. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/16/magazine/black-vote.html