...the vast majority of these folks are Democrats, and are out in the street and in the courts right now fighting for their rights which translate into critical support for a Democratic majority in November and beyond.
I'd guess they'll show up in huge percentages of their communities to support Democrats, like we always do, so not sure the panacea is for them to just keep doing what they've been doing for decades and decades.
This is about everyone's rights. If republicans and the maga justices are successful, it risks the future of the Democratic party, of which black voters have accounted about 80% of the electorate voting for Democrats. Either defend these rights or forfeit these voters to obscurity.
With less black majority districts, less consolidation of black political power and influence, I'd guess the black vote will be very much harder for the party to organize into the political force that delivered seats in the South, for instance.
It's clear the black community would be harming many of their own interests by turning away from the party, but what becomes of their concerns if the only interest becomes the elevation of a white Democratic majority that doesn't prioritize their needs and concerns? It's a piss poor vehicle to sign onto hoping to have those interests represented if all we are regarded as a backstop to what others insist should be the party priority?
I had one poster argue to the point of denigrating me because they insisted Israel should be the Democrats main focus in the upcoming race with assurances to people in Gaza that we, of course, have their interests at heart.
Watch. People will make it clear that they believe black people need to subjugate themselves to political interests that don't promise to ever get around to restoring the weak attempt at parity that's just been abandoned.
Let's not assume this is a zero sum effort for black voters; or that they'll automatically assume that elevating Democrats elevates them.
That assumes they're not already at the top of their own pique about the value of politicians in general who appear to be abandoning them like we're some fringe interest, instead of the heart of the party and nation.
The Democratic party appeal to black voters is more important than ever, I'm certain our leaders in office right now recognize this challenge, but I'm less certain that Democratic party supporters who don't share the heightened vulnerabilities of the black community at the behest of Jim Crow legislators and judges will rise to the occasion (active and consciencious DUers, the exception, of course).
We need all hands on this one. The opposition wouldn't be leaning so heavily into this just to push black folks around, although that's their bestest thing ever they like to do, if it wasn't so critical to their own political success. They're repressing blacks and other dark-skinned people to soften the ground for repressing everyone who isn't part of their cabal, not just black Americans.
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