Elizabeth Warren's Unifying Narrative on Race

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10. Love her, but why can't White people let Black people

Do the talking? Obama delivered an eloquent speech on race.
How many times do I see that speech given any due?
The thing about race that White people fail to understand is that Black people are not some group-think, monolithic political or social force just waiting for White people to call out White people so they can get on with their lives and honor their ancestor’s and their own role in American history, in the unfolding of America today.
You get down to it and most Black people, POC’s, African-Americans do not need much more than to be recognized as Americans, fully capable of individually identifying themselves as they please, aware of their heritage, in no need of White calling out the obvious, and as voters, not some pawns
in a guessing game about how they vote, who they will or will not support.
Flash news!! Some black people are Republicans. Most are not progressives in favor of allowing prisoners to vote. Many are not supportive of a more progressive social agenda and like all Americans, just getting used to the nomenclature—cis, bi, non binary etc.
Please White people, stop trying to make Black Americans over in your own image of America, political and social and cultural wish lists.
Why, surprisingly, are not more black voters, including women, supporting Sanders, Warren, et al?
Cause they try too hard.
Being authentic, including owning your own ethnicity, race, place where you came from, will get you more brownie points from members of traditionally disenfranchised groups than all the bending over backwards will ever do.