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Why Biden Has The Black Vote, Why Blacks Do Not Trust The White Vote in The General [View all]
What polls predicted a week ago about the black vote were not born out on Super Tuesday.
Seriously. Democrats must keep this in mind for the General Election & most especially for the DNC.
Black Voters Didn’t Vote for Biden in South Carolina Because They ‘Lack Information’ --
Black voters opted for Biden because they have no faith that white voters will do the right thing and vote for a true progressive. by Elie Mystal
https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-black-vote/
The rest of the article:
"... black people know exactly what they’re doing, and why. Joe Biden is the indictment older black folks have issued against white America. His support is buttressed by chunks of the black community who have determined that most white people are selfish and cannot be trusted to do the right thing.
They believe if you make white people choose between their money and their morality ... they will choose their money every time and twice on Election Day.
... a 39-year-old African American voter in South Carolina ... told the Times: “Black voters know white voters better than white voters know themselves.… So yeah, we’ll back Biden, because we know who white America will vote for in the general election in a way they may not tell a pollster or the media.” ...
... The Root’s politics editor, Dr. Jason Johnson, put it like this to me ...
“Voting for Bernie Sanders requires that black people believe that white people will do something they’ve never done: willingly and openly share in the economic bounty of the United States.”
He’s not wrong, and what’s more, older black voters in South Carolina know he’s not wrong. ...
... They remember that actual progressive choices, like Jackson and Edwards, were rejected by white Democrats. They remember that white people failed to turn on George W. Bush, despite his legacy of incompetence and torture, and instead reelected him.
They remember that the majority of white people did not vote for the first black president, spent eight years attacking his every move, and then replaced him with the most small-minded bigot they could find, rejecting an immensely qualified white woman in the process.
Learning these lessons about what white people will do is part of growing up black in this country...."
They believe if you make white people choose between their money and their morality ... they will choose their money every time and twice on Election Day.
... a 39-year-old African American voter in South Carolina ... told the Times: “Black voters know white voters better than white voters know themselves.… So yeah, we’ll back Biden, because we know who white America will vote for in the general election in a way they may not tell a pollster or the media.” ...
... The Root’s politics editor, Dr. Jason Johnson, put it like this to me ...
“Voting for Bernie Sanders requires that black people believe that white people will do something they’ve never done: willingly and openly share in the economic bounty of the United States.”
He’s not wrong, and what’s more, older black voters in South Carolina know he’s not wrong. ...
... They remember that actual progressive choices, like Jackson and Edwards, were rejected by white Democrats. They remember that white people failed to turn on George W. Bush, despite his legacy of incompetence and torture, and instead reelected him.
They remember that the majority of white people did not vote for the first black president, spent eight years attacking his every move, and then replaced him with the most small-minded bigot they could find, rejecting an immensely qualified white woman in the process.
Learning these lessons about what white people will do is part of growing up black in this country...."
If I were to vote in a presidentialprimary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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