Super tuesday taught me 2 things total but 1 specific thing about Black Voters:
1. The average voter is emotionally driven, Black folks especially.....and that makes us suckers for empty gestures.
i legit heard people slamming Bernie for not appearing in Selma, as if thats the end all be all. Or slam him for not having an explicit reparations stance (which is never happening and even IF it did, does very little to correct the economic balance/influence in this country) while
in reality he does have an explicit plan to uplift the working poor of this country, of which Black folks are
overwhelmingly apart of. Biden himself is one
big empty gesture. A career centrist who had the luck of standing next to the First Black President (who while seemingly a good man, was also, an empty gesture). And that proximity to Barack is carrying him.
It's funny, people slammed Hilary for dancing and bringing hot sauce, yet the analysts will point out that Bidens ability to resonate with Black folks (especially Clyburn) turned the tide.
When the average black voters puts so much emphasis on "how you appear to Black folks", dont be surprised when politician cacs are completely off base while pandering in a attempt to put a finger on the pulse of Black culture.
Start talking about how awful Trump is
When you criticize any of the Dems, you are saying that Trump is preferable?
If no, the rest is not useful
2. No shade thrown to
@Ghost Utmost but this post right here reframes what this election has always been about to the average Dem...Getting Trump out. Nothing more or less. It all goes back to him.
Online echo chambers would have you believe (and im guilty of this) that 2016 was a referendum on centrism...that people were ready to finally try and reposition this country more to the left. And that simply isnt the truth. People arent ready. Socialism is still a scary word to them. The Centrist Dems are still the "good guys" to most Dem Voters.
IF Biden wins in November, he and the DNC will have a decade plus off goodwill from voters for "ridding us of Trump"....and they will probably use that decade to continue sucking the cock of corporations/billionaires, fukking over the average person and every now and then throw us a bone (probably via some soft shoe immigration reform).
And part of me thinks...thats been the plan the entire time.