2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Dear white progressives: Stop telling black people how to vote [View all]1StrongBlackMan
(31,849 posts)That shouts truth.
But, alas, despite my, and most politically aware black folks, we will do, what we have always done, and vote for the lesser of the THREE evils ... Democrat "A", that does not have our interests at heart; Democrat B, that does not have our interest at heart; or, not vote, which nullifies a right that too many of our fore-fathers died to gain ... and because we realize the third evil will bring about the unthinkable. Our calculus is simple, we do not/have not voted for the candidate that will do FOR us (on the issues that matter most to us), we vote against the candidate that will do the most TO us. Therefore, the masses of us will support the eventual Democratic candidate - with full knowledge that we will gain little.
Great Article, Bravenak. Thank you for posting it, in all its raw truth.