When Do We Start To Listen To Black Women Instead of Expecting Them To Clean Up Our Mess?

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80. Maybe black voters dont feel heard.

I interpreted this post not only as gratitide for their support, but also as an appeal to listen to the needs of black voters. Too often we seem to focus on what white suburban voters are interested in, as when Tom Perez and Bernie Sanders made their strange journey last summer to talk to voters. People of color are far more likely to live in poverty and their children often receive inferior education. Because of cost and poor preparation, many young people have less access to college and the potential to rise out of poverty. Good jobs and equal opportunity to get those jobs (like writing opinion pieces for NYT) should be based on knowledge and merit, not on tradition and bias. And the criminal justice system is a nightmare for people of color. All that said, there are also many white people living in poverty, with their children also having poor educations. We need to stop thinking that all issues are equal to all people and start addressing the ones that matter most for improving everyone’s lives, not just the ones who have the loudest voices or the most money.