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One of the best things about being Black, is that I don't have to waste time pretending that people like Nimarata Nikki Haley, or Vivek Ramaswamy, or Tim Scott, can win the GOP nomination.
That's just a silly waste of time.
https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/111990595901816119
While we're at it, being Black also means I don't have to waste time pretending that candidates whose base is the "irrational hatred of Black women" special interest group, can win the Dem nomination. Andrew Yang, Dean Phillips, etc.
Be for real.
Now that the rest of the class has caught up to what Black folk could have told you last year, maybe we can focus on what really matters:
Black voter turnout
Non-white Hispanic voter turnout
Muslim/arab/palestinian voter turnout
Asian voter turnout
In the swing states, in the swing districts.
US elections are all about turnout. Nothing else.
Voter turnout is all about racism.
Swing voters can't hurt you. They're not real.
I'm not arguing with y'all about this. Go be "538 wrong" again.
@mekkaokereke And I know you've said this before but getting Black, non-white Hispanic, Asian, Arab and Muslim turnout can't simply rely on saying "you gotta, the other guy is worse and will be bad for your community." People are tired of the vote for the less bad message. Give people a positive reason to vote.
@hishamzerriffi This is the fundamental issue though.
The GOP has done a great job of making a really large number of mainstream white folks (and more than a few POC) believe that policies that will make POC's lives better are communist, socialist, gay, satanic, unfair, fascist, or whatever flavor of bad they're pushing on a given day.
As @mekkaokereke says, turnout is about racism and turning out one crowd represses the other. Educating folks about these racist underpinnings might help.
@jonathanpeterson @mekkaokereke Just to be clear. Are you suggesting minority voters need to be educated about the racism?
If so:
@hishamzerriffi I tried to jam too much into my character limit. Educating WHITE FOLKS about the racist underpinnings of many things that they take for granted, as @mekkaokereke has been doing over black history month.
I agree 100% on what you wrote here: https://fediscience.org/@hishamzerriffi/112004627513692940
Blaming low turnout of POC in for the Trump win in 2016 ignores that he won because of his massive leads with white men, non-college white folks, white evangelicals and catholics.
@jonathanpeterson @mekkaokereke ah, thanks. Makes more sense and 100% agree