I’m reminded that in the 19th century Black women used sex strikes to make sure that brothers didn’t vote against Black interests. Which is to say, there has always been this rogue Black male element among us. And Sisters have always been on point. Anyway, I’ve said enough today.
Btw, this happened during the period when Black men could vote after 1870 and Black women couldn’t. Some brothers wanted to vote Dem back then but the GOP was the party of Lincoln. So Black women treated the vote of their dudes as a family vote.
When those dudes tried to vote with the enemy (at that time the Dems who had fought to keep slavery), Black women withheld sex as one tactic to make Black men use the vote to benefit Black people.
And if it isn’t in there, then I’ve merely mixed up the books but not the story. That’s the kind of story you don’t forget. Trust. Fellow historians welcome to weigh in with the correct citation if I in fact have it wrong. Peace.
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