Black voters in primaries are super voters and are always considered the backbone of the Democratic Party. Many of them are solidly in or in proximity to the literal establishment.
Our older, southern voters are very conservative. But there are also clear class divisions
Our older, southern voters are very conservative. But there are also clear class divisions
Before I get to the class divisions, the game being played by Biden and his surrogates is to insulate the establishment from criticisms with their firewall because their bet is that you won’t critique black voters.
Nah. We’re not playing that game in the year of our lord 2020
Nah. We’re not playing that game in the year of our lord 2020
Our elders aren’t always right.
Met Clyburn this weekend. Great man. Love and respect for him, but he’s absolutely wrong about “free stuff.” He’s been wrong about that as the day is long.
He doesn’t represent Black America. He represents southern, conservative black America.
Met Clyburn this weekend. Great man. Love and respect for him, but he’s absolutely wrong about “free stuff.” He’s been wrong about that as the day is long.
He doesn’t represent Black America. He represents southern, conservative black America.
As far as the class divisions: the harshest lessen I ever learned about my class position was around bourgeoise Black Democratic establishment players who treated me and the workers who canvassed for a campaign in 2008 like “the help.”
As I mentioned in today’s podcast, me and the other 90+ canvassers were treated by Black Democratic establishment players with the same condescension you’d expect from Karen clutching her pearls, her handbag, and her raisin-filled potato salad when we get on an elevator with her
When I knocked on the door to ask them why it was taking so long to get our checks, one of them lamented “it’s only $100. Why are they so mad?”
This was a Black woman saying this about 90+ Black working class people who had just spent 12 hours canvassing for her candidate
This was a Black woman saying this about 90+ Black working class people who had just spent 12 hours canvassing for her candidate
Class divisions run as deep in the Black community our solidarity on race.
I was afforded the luxury of mingling with Black elites. But my working class background was a reminder that we had differing economic interests.
90% of all of us vote for Dems. So, you see issue?
I was afforded the luxury of mingling with Black elites. But my working class background was a reminder that we had differing economic interests.
90% of all of us vote for Dems. So, you see issue?
Black est democrats are used as the monolithic face of the Black community when, if you check the cross tabs for class, our commonalities end at our skin color.
Love them. Meant it. Respect them. Mean it.
But if you haven’t needed food stamps before, we’re not the same
Love them. Meant it. Respect them. Mean it.
But if you haven’t needed food stamps before, we’re not the same
And if you “pulled yourself up by your bootstraps” in an era where you could literally afford to do that but think that everyone struggling today is lazy, you’re a conservative and blame the victims of a system instead of challenging the system.
Don’t mean I don’t love you.
Don’t mean I don’t love you.
White allies, tread carefully in this conversation because it is a minefield full of perils and disaster. Likes and retweets may very well suffice versus a poorly worded comment.
Can I just add here how utterly floored I was at her level of condescension? $100 literally meant I could afford to eat that night and put something on my electric bill.
That $100 meant everything to me. To her, it was an inconvenience to have to pay us for our labor.
That $100 meant everything to me. To her, it was an inconvenience to have to pay us for our labor.
