We cannot win by hating our fellow Americans.

[Dan]

217. It is something that I thought about and

I responded to another person who pointed out that (in his opinion and based on his observations) population would not vote for a Black Woman (or a Black/whatever biracial). I responded negatively to this person and said that the people would when faced with the choice of Donald vs Harris.

I was wrong, and he was right. I viewed things from my history and how things were when I was growing up. He was looking at how things were currently. He was right, I was wrong.

Donald Trump has been on the News damn near every day for the past ten years, he has been selling himself and attacking everyone; in addition to giving —insert your group here— validation for why they are not successful or in a better condition than they might find themselves.

I knew that some Black men would not vote for a woman; I guess I never expected that they would reject a Black woman in the numbers that they did, especially as you consider the historical legacy of who Donald is and his race relations. I never really factored in the influence of the Middle Eastern men/women and how they viewed a woman’s place. I was aware that some Hispanic men/women had a slanted view of a woman’s place in society which might be subservient to men. And, then the religious people and their views on Abortion and again, the woman place as being slightly behind in a supportive role to a man. All of these factors factored in.

Going forward, these issues (and more) will continue to be an obstacle for a woman to assume the mantle of leadership. Especially as with this administration they are promoting a world view that only White men are qualified (I use that word with a sense of irony) to lead America.

Thinking about it, I grew up in a segregate America where we had all Black teachers (male and female), who did everything they could do (with limited resources) to make us aware that we could do it, we just had to work harder and smarter. That the pigment of the skin did not make for the intelligence (or lack) of the person, that hard work and respect for ones’ self and belief in your own abilities would help you overcome. I could go on.

I would not recommend a return to segregation (as maybe Donald and Musk) might want, it is too damaging. But, I can see from the mirror looking back, that the experience did prepare us (those like me) to better handle the America that is rather the America that we might like it to be.

I think the Generation Z men - have and are living a life like a video game without understanding the reality of what they are doing. I think that some of these younger people are nostalgic for a past that never was and a future that cannot be.

Just thinking, but in your thread, some people have posted various things about reaching out. I think that we can be successful by reaching out to those that have turned off our political system (non-voters), but I remain convinced that reaching out to MAGA is a fool’s errand. They are a cult and like Jimmy Jones’s people, they will drink the poison rather than wake up.

I don’t know if this is the answer you were looking for - but it is the answer that I find within myself.