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Skya Rhen

(2,701 posts)
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 11:42 AM Jan 2020

This is why AAs are determined to vote for the most electable candidate, to deny Trump another term.

Black Americans deeply pessimistic about country under Trump, whom more than 8 in 10 describe as ‘a racist,’ Post-Ipsos poll finds (Washington Post)

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While personally optimistic about their own lives, black Americans today offer a bleaker view about their community as a whole. They also express determination to try to limit Trump to a single term in office.

The pessimism goes well beyond assessments of the president. A 65 percent majority of African Americans say it is a “bad time” to be a black person in America. That view is widely shared by clear majorities of black adults across income, generational and political lines. By contrast, 77 percent of black Americans say it is a “good time” to be a white person, with a wide majority saying white people don’t understand the discrimination faced by black Americans.

“As a black person, you’ve always seen all the racism, the microaggressions, but as white people they don't understand this is how things are going for me,” said Tate, who said he is the only black male teacher in his school. “They don’t live those experiences. They don’t live in those neighborhoods. They moved out. It’s so easy to be white and oblivious in this country.”


https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/black-americans-deeply-pessimistic-about-country-under-president-who-more-than-8-in-10-describe-as-a-racist-post-ipsos-poll-finds/2020/01/16/134b705c-37de-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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This is why AAs are determined to vote for the most electable candidate, to deny Trump another term. (Original Post) Skya Rhen Jan 2020 OP
Trump has given people who were already racist permission to express their racism The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2020 #1
Exactly! Skya Rhen Jan 2020 #2
The AA voters are smart and savvy!! They know a leader when they see one Thekaspervote Jan 2020 #3
We know who our friends are. n/t Tarheel_Dem Jan 2020 #4
Black voters, and now brown voters too, feel the effests of... brush Jan 2020 #5
KR! Cha Jan 2020 #6
A coalition of the decent is forming !!! nt UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #7
 

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,878 posts)
1. Trump has given people who were already racist permission to express their racism
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 11:54 AM
Jan 2020

overtly, publicly and shamelessly.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Thekaspervote

(32,803 posts)
3. The AA voters are smart and savvy!! They know a leader when they see one
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 12:15 PM
Jan 2020

And a leader that isn’t making promises that will never happen

Steady as he goes...that’s Joe!!

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

Tarheel_Dem

(31,243 posts)
4. We know who our friends are. n/t
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 12:40 PM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

brush

(53,918 posts)
5. Black voters, and now brown voters too, feel the effests of...
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 01:29 PM
Jan 2020

trumpism first so it's best to follow their lead and go with Biden,
the one most likely to beat trump.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)
7. A coalition of the decent is forming !!! nt
Fri Jan 17, 2020, 10:15 PM
Jan 2020
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
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