NYT: Profound increase in black voters who support Trump
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Anonymous
From a member of the party that is currently trying to stop legislation on immigration and “very fine people on both sides” comes a heaping helping of copium. |
Anonymous
The joke's on you. Black people are quite familiar with disappointments from liberals and conservatives (if you lived in an urban, urban environment you'd know this - and no, Bethesda does not count). We have little expectation that either party will do anything but pander during the campaign cycle and then leave us high and dry after they've been sworn in. |
Anonymous
Democrats can start bribing us by making our communities safe. |
Anonymous
Most youths never finish college or go to college. The college debt forgiveness doesn't benefit them, if anything, it's a smack in their faces. The pattern has been clear for the last 20 years and accelerating. It's that the working classes are moving steadily to the Republicans. First the white, then large numbers of the Hispanic, and now some black men. The Republicans are becoming the party of working to lower middle Americans. Which is ironic given the Democrats are supposed to be the party of the working classes but have evolved into the party of the wealthy and special interest groups. |
Anonymous
Holding up Gay as a victim is ironic. She was a mediocre academic with non-existent and non-substantive publication or research history. She had a controversial run as administrator against key black faculty members who didn't toe the line. And she plagiarized, which is essentially rule #1 of what not to do if you work in academia. There are much more accomplished college leaders who also happen to be black, such as the incoming new president of Boston University, or Brown's Ruth Gee (now retired). Why Harvard doubled down on Gay of all people is a bit bizarre. But rushing to defend her exposes the reality of the situation - she was a major beneficiary of third rate affirmative action failing upwards. She was only president of Harvard because she was black, not because of anything she accomplished in her academic or even administrative life. And, ironically, she was from a family with origins in wealthy upper class Haiti and went to elite boarding schools, so she didn't work her way to the top. I would not hold her up as a paragon to admire or respect. |
Anonymous
He’s getting shafted by the legal system. |
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Ok. Among black posters here, what's so wonderful about Democrats today?
I get access to abortion rights, That's a big deal. For all women. But presently, it's states. It's not an issue in Maryland or California or Illinois or New York or DC. It's an issue in Mississippi and Alabama and the usual suspects. I get redistricting. And making things more difficult for black voters. But courts recently have been pretty good about that. I get the pure racism. Watching the Charlottesville video - the racism, the anti-semitism. There are bad white men out here. I understand that. But what have Democrats done? There are tons of very well educated and successful black professionals. But this unchecked illegal migration over the southern border - millions and millions over the past three years - is absolutely destroying the work possibilities for both black and white folks without a college degree. I get George Floyd. But Derek Chauvin, the cop responsible for that, was sentenced and has been stabbed numerous times in prison. In the meantime, cops don't do anything anymore. Nor do prosecutors. Nor do judges. And the victims of violent crime are overwhelmingly black. How is that a win? Most cities in America are run by black politicians. It's an old-timey patronage system. And consequently, it's incompetence everywhere. I don't give a damn what some white progressive has to say. But I am very interested to hear what black folks have to say. From my outside perspective - foreigner, suburban, higher degrees - don't get the black loyalty to Democrats. |
Anonymous
Democrats have done a good job of convincing black voters that Republicans are the Boogeyman. They vote for the party candidates regardless of the competence and qualification of the candidates (see Obama). From Chicago, to Atlanta, to Baltimore, you can see what Democrats have done for black communities - not a damn thing. |
Anonymous
Always someone else's fault . . . reason 1 of 8 million he should not be POTUS. |
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I worked with white guys all my life. I know a racist when I see one. And trust me, they come in all shapes and sizes.
Voted Dem all my life. Not anymore. I am one of the 22%. |
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I enjoyed that article. I don’t think you read it though. |
Anonymous
There was NOTHING to enjoy about an article discussing how black male VOTERS feel disenfranchised from the Democratic Party. It paints a bleak future for black men and to a certain extent, working class men (including white men). If the DNC doesn't think it needs to appeal to these men (of any color), the party is doomed to losing actual voters to either apathy or the GOP. A lot of them think they have no skin in the game so there's no reason to vote. Lots of working class people are not engaged in big world ideas like climate change, student loans and infrastructure bills - they don't have time for that crap when they are struggling to make ends meet and dodging bullets in their homes. I know Biden can't fix everything but he's the visible head of the party and is rightfully blamed when the Democratic Party is failing at the local and state level. The smug liberal elites who call these people lazy and stupid for not voting for Biden are totally detached from reality. And no, Kamala isn't black or appeals to blacks and especially not to working class black Americans. Trotting her out like a show pony is ineffective in reaching black men who are planning to cross the party line or sit this one out. The DNC needs to do better from the bottom up. |
Anonymous
They've done a better job at not spewing total BS. Patronage system. Loyalty. SMH. |