I don’t know who’s
getting my vote for President.
That statement troubles
me. Early voting starts today. Bernie Sanders will be in town tomorrow. I’m
interested to see how that plays out.
This is complicated.
The pundits say Joe
Biden still leads with Black voters. I struggle with that. It’s hard to dismiss
his contribution in passing the Crime Bill. It doesn’t help that Bernie also voted
in support of the legislation responsible for increased Black incarceration.
I’m still angry about
Bernie’s rapid dismissal of reparations for “being too hard to pass.” Of all
people. You can’t talk to me about things being too hard.
Everyone
is dirty. People in South Bend, Indiana say former Mayor Pete Buttigieg has a
problem with Black People. He did well to shuck it off with an apology after a hullabaloo
regarding the termination of the Black chief of police. It takes more than talk
to convince Black people.
Mike
Bloomberg is showing up as a potential pick for Black voters. How does that
happen given his policy of “stop and frisk” when he was Mayor of York City? Claims
of racial profiling must not hold the same contempt as back in the day when it felt
like people were being stopped for chewing gum while walking down the street.
Speaking
of the police and the criminal justice system, how can a Black person justify
voting for Amy Klobuchar after reports that she failed to prosecute any of the officer
in Minnesota who shot unarmed Black people. Not one. That’s the type of record
from of an Attorney General that forces deep pondering regarding motives laced
in white supremacy. I’ll pass.
I like
Elizabeth Warren, but her affection for plans makes we wonder if she has the
ability to follow through. How many of us know a person who has all the solutions
while lacking the capacity to get it done? Back home, we call that walking the
walk more than talking the talk. Besides, I need to see more Black people.
As for Tom Steyer. I’ll stop there
because I heard the collective gasp – who?
I’m almost convinced Tulsi Gabbard
is a Russian plant to further destroy America’s democracy. Nothing left to say
about that.
My frustration is elevated by the
graveyard of Black candidates dismissed by mostly white progressives for
failing the radical left litmus test. Duval Patrick is out less than 90 days
after jumping in the race. That’s not even a good sprint.
Kamala Harris and Cory Booker represented
Black folks hoping for another Black President. Harris was blasted for being
too tough on Black crime and Booker was challenged for dancing too much with
big shots on Wall Street.
It begs the question, what will it
take for another Black person to get a shot? It’s hard not to feel the lesson
of fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Is this white America’s
answer to never being fooled again? Please holla no.
Maybe I’m struggling to get
motivated because of how we got here. We gained some things during the Obama
years, but access is not one of them. It feels like back to business as usual
with a Democratic Party that talks about race with no real dialogue with Black
people. Don’t get me started on how Black women continue to be taken for
granted.
The politics of galvanizing white
undecided voters leaves me stumbling to find words to address the agony of the taken
for granted Black voter. It doesn’t feel good being taken for granted. Is that
what Biden is doing?
I can see it now – people blaming
Black people, again, for Trump winning the election. I can hear them, in my
imagination, talk about low Black turnout. Dang. I get sick of Black people
getting blamed for everything.
Sigh. I have to go vote in the
primary, but I don’t have a candidate for President. None of them represents
me. Not one. Should I vote for the person who can best defeat Trump? If so,
what does that say about me. Strike that. What does that say about life and
politics in America?
Go to the back of the bus, please. Well,
they did say please.
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