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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(118,507 posts)
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 12:29 PM Nov 24

Feeling betrayed by increased minority support for Trump, Black women say they're stepping back

ATLANTA (AP) — As she checked into a recent flight to Mexico for vacation, Teja Smith chuckled at the idea of joining another Women’s March on Washington.

As a Black woman, she just couldn’t see herself helping to replicate the largest act of resistance against then-President Donald Trump’s first term in January 2017. Even in an election this year where Trump questioned his opponent’s race, held rallies featuring racist insults and falsely claimed Black migrants in Ohio were eating residents’ pets, he didn’t just win a second term. He became the first Republican in two decades to clinch the popular vote, although by a small margin.

“It’s 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 there’s not too much more fighting that you’re 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

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Feeling betrayed by increased minority support for Trump, Black women say they're stepping back (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Nov 24 OP
K&R Solly Mack Nov 24 #1
I get it. badhair77 Nov 24 #2
The negativity's from varies articles are.... Lovie777 Nov 24 #3
Rallies are performative and pointless ibegurpard Nov 24 #4
EXCEPT if you look at the stats, the "increase" in minority support is actually pretty minimal Kashkakat v.2.0 Nov 24 #5
the narrative of the Dems losing minority support is NOT new stopdiggin Nov 24 #7
Also note that the article quotes only one black woman, and the rest is "some black women say" Kashkakat v.2.0 Nov 24 #6
+1. in this you are totally spot on. -(nt)- stopdiggin Nov 24 #8
It sucks because so many people believe these stories reflect large numbers of people. Mariana Nov 24 #10
They deserve a break for awhile MichMan Nov 24 #9

Lovie777

(16,484 posts)
3. The negativity's from varies articles are....
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 12:37 PM
Nov 24

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. It’s a never ending struggle but we will never give up.

These articles main purpose is to depress our side, it is not happening.

Kashkakat v.2.0

(1,908 posts)
5. EXCEPT if you look at the stats, the "increase" in minority support is actually pretty minimal
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 12:42 PM
Nov 24

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)
7. the narrative of the Dems losing minority support is NOT new
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 12:51 PM
Nov 24

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)
6. Also note that the article quotes only one black woman, and the rest is "some black women say"
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 12:49 PM
Nov 24

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"

Mariana

(15,312 posts)
10. It sucks because so many people believe these stories reflect large numbers of people.
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 01:09 PM
Nov 24

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)
9. They deserve a break for awhile
Sun Nov 24, 2024, 01:03 PM
Nov 24

I'm not clear on what the linked article is saying were their priorities in this election however.

"Black female voters were most likely to say that democracy was the single most important factor for their vote, compared to other motivators such as high prices or abortion. More than 7 in 10 Black female voters said they were “very concerned” that electing Trump would lead the nation toward authoritarianism, while only about 2 in 10 said this about Harris."

OK, saving democracy was the single most important factor compared to inflation and abortion.

"Like voters overall, Black women were most likely to say the economy and jobs were the most important issues facing the country, with about one-third saying that. But they were more likely than many other groups to say that abortion and racism were the top issues, and much less likely than other groups to say immigration was the top issue."

Wait, now the biggest issues are economy, & jobs, then followed by abortion and racism ?

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