Voting is about choice,so we wouldnt know the pros to truly voting. Seeing as though weve never had the freedom or autonomy to vote as individuals,letalong a collective. Weve been forced to vote for the Dems or vote for a party whos been viewed as anti black(at least in our lifetime). And before that our grandparents were forced to vote for the Republicans,rather than the Dems who were the more racist of their era.
The con of being forced to "vote" for one party,is the other party has no reason to try to secure your vote if their strategy to win is based in racism. And the other party has no reason to stop the racism,when their strategy is to sell fear and point out the racism of the other party. Not to mention they have no need to over a black agenda or tangibles when they know your over a barrel and have zero choice truly.
We were forced into a situation where deliberately not voting is more akin to voting,as it is the more true form of choice if your black in this country. Despite the fact people try to paint it as though we didnt participate. I can assure you we definitely participated and messages were sent. Now we sit back and see how the message was recieved