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ATLANTA (AP) As she checked into a recent flight to Mexico for vacation, Teja Smith chuckled at the idea of joining another Womens March on Washington.
As a Black woman, she just couldnt see herself helping to replicate the largest act of resistance against then-President Donald Trumps first term in January 2017. Even in an election this year where Trump questioned his opponents race, held rallies featuring racist insults and falsely claimed Black migrants in Ohio were eating residents pets, he didnt just win a second term. He became the first Republican in two decades to clinch the popular vote, although by a small margin.
Its like the people have spoken and this is what America looks like, said Smith, the Los Angeles-based founder of the advocacy social media agency, Get Social. And theres not too much more fighting that youre going to be able to do without losing your own sanity.
After Trump was declared the winner over Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris, many politically engaged Black women said they were so dismayed by the outcome that they were reassessing but not completely abandoning their enthusiasm for electoral politics and movement organizing.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-black-women-democrats-harris-base-votecast-0c646e888c999b03d1798e1aa1331937

Solly Mack
(93,841 posts)badhair77
(4,739 posts)Lovie777
(16,484 posts)astounding, especially from per article about minorities for example are missing the mark. The desire to be treating as equals is still strong if not stronger with women and men of color today. Its a never ending struggle but we will never give up.
These articles main purpose is to depress our side, it is not happening.
ibegurpard
(16,904 posts)Unless they are a basis for a real construction of power.
Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,908 posts)WHITE WOMEN voted in greater nos.for him than last time, and had more impact than the black men. Who is driving this narrative to single out black men.
stopdiggin
(13,308 posts)and in fact goes back several election cycles. Black men have perhaps been spotlighted this cycle - but the overall phenomenon has been pervasive throughout minority demographics - and seemed to accelerate with this election. (the economy ? or the perception of the Ds as the out of touch ivory tower snobs?)
Kashkakat v.2.0
(1,908 posts)Nowhere do I read any quote that resembles the headline "feeling betrayed."
Again - WHERE IS THIS COMING FROM. The "some people say" school of journalism -IT IS ESSENTIALLY GOSSIP, not credible news. What I wrote in my above post I heard a black woman say on the radio. Maybe based on that I should re-write my headline to read "some black women feel betrayed by white women for voting 63% for Trump"
stopdiggin
(13,308 posts)Mariana
(15,312 posts)We see this kind of crap being breathlessly posted here all the time. Before the election there were countless stories that Trump was losing the support of white Evangelicals, where they quoted one or two white Evangelical preachers. It was BS. Since the election it's the stories about Trump supporters regretting their votes, with no evidence that it's more than a few of them. It gets old.
MichMan
(14,066 posts)I'm not clear on what the linked article is saying were their priorities in this election however.
OK, saving democracy was the single most important factor compared to inflation and abortion.
Wait, now the biggest issues are economy, & jobs, then followed by abortion and racism ?