Democrats need to #VoteLikeBlackWomen
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It’s unclear who initially came up with the Twitter hashtag #VoteLikeBlackWomen, but it is one that everybody should heartily embrace. Had it been the guiding principle for not-black Democrats and folks who call themselves progressives during the 2016 elDemocrats need to #VoteLikeBlackWomen
It’s unclear who initially came up with the Twitter hashtag #VoteLikeBlackWomen, but it is one that everybody should heartily embrace. Had it been the guiding principle for not-black Democrats and folks who call themselves progressives during the 2016 election, we would not be fighting for our lives against a white supremacist traitor ruling over a Republican party which is happily supporting racism, misogyny, homophobia, Islamophobia, and xenophobia. My mom raised me to believe voting was a sacred duty, and to honor the sacrifices of my ancestors who fought and died to garner the ballot—against all odds. I was thinking about the women of my family when I tweeted this last week: xI'm proud to be a black woman today - the group that wholeheartedly voted for Hillary and not #TraitorTrump. In spite of how this country has treated us over the centuries and up until today - we are the true patriots. Bless you-grandma, mama, aunties, sisters and daughters.â Denise Oliver-Velez (@Deoliver47) July 16, 2018 I vote like those black women. When the Republican Party of the past offered more breathing space for black folks: we voted for them. When the Dixiecrats, White Citizens Councils, and Klansmen fled into the Republican embrace, the women of my family became staunch Democrats. When I made a decision to vote for Hillary Clinton, I did so knowing that my mom would have done so and I followed in her footsteps. No matter my own lefty leanings, black women had spoken. x#votelikeblackwomengood advice from @Ange_Amene pic.twitter.com/N3x2cJ8Qe2â mattresstagging (@mattresstagging) May 23, 2018 The young black women (like Amene) and young black men I follow on black Twitter pull no punches. They fight to get Democrats of all colors elected. We are well aware of the fact that we are the ones who have suffered and will continue to bear the brunt of a right-wing controlled Supreme Court. They point to voting data. Look at Virginia: Read more