I opened up a discussion about voting at the YMCA and many got upset!
I ask the question has voting ever helped Black Americans from the day White Americans gave Black Americans the privilege to vote? I asked had the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment ever helped Black Americans.
They all took in a deep breath and some reluctantly said yes but couldn’t show how Black Americans benefited from voting and others simply didn’t answer the question. It was apparent that all was very upset at the question and when I began to explain that voting has never helped Black Americans.
Since Black America’s population is less than White Americans and White Americans openly say that racism and prejudice is still practiced against Black Americans how then could voting have ever helped Black Americans. It is not analytical and rational to believe that voting has helped Black Americans in view of the admission of the racism and prejudice still practiced on Black Americans.
Our attention should be given to the desire to become a sovereign people in a country of our own which is going to happen in my lifetime!
They all took in a deep breath and some reluctantly said yes but couldn’t show how Black Americans benefited from voting and others simply didn’t answer the question. It was apparent that all was very upset at the question and when I began to explain that voting has never helped Black Americans.
Since Black America’s population is less than White Americans and White Americans openly say that racism and prejudice is still practiced against Black Americans how then could voting have ever helped Black Americans. It is not analytical and rational to believe that voting has helped Black Americans in view of the admission of the racism and prejudice still practiced on Black Americans.
Our attention should be given to the desire to become a sovereign people in a country of our own which is going to happen in my lifetime!
Black, white, red, and yellow Americans together elected and re-elected President Obama. That has been a benefit to all Americans.