2016 Postmortem
Showing Original Post only (View all)A reminder of why minimizing Clinton's Southern victories is so hurtful. [View all]
For those of you, in your enthusiasm for your own candidate, who are attempting to downplay the significance Clinton' Southern victories by implying that strength in those states is unimportant because we cannot win them in November, or because they are the old Confederacy, I ask that you consider the following:
Hundreds of black people (and not a few white people) have died fighting for the right of black Americans to vote, the right to have their voice heard, and to have it count.
Don't disenfranchise them now.
Let me say that for the most part, I don't think the posters are engaging is deliberate racism. I think they are, however, perpetuating systemic racism that tells black people over and over again that their voices do not count. Especially in light of continuing efforts, in places like North Carolina, to gerrymander black voters to even further blunt their electoral power. Please be aware that there is a history involved here.
And do not forget that blue states are ALREADY granted a greater number of delegates.
Thanks for your time.