r/BlackPeopleTwitter • u/EnlightnedRedditor • Jul 25 '24

Country Club Thread How yall feel about this

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Idc too much for politics, just wanna know other peoples opinions on it.

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u/MisterProfGuy Jul 25 '24

Remember how much Biden caught hell for saying you weren't really black if you voted for Trump?

It's true for Women, too. Lots of people vote against their self interest because they believe some nonsense or think they'll get to be one of the "chosen ones".

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u/Ok_Concentrate_75 Jul 25 '24

Yea but that was a wild statement, and it was more divisive if anything. I mean my parents remember him as a dixiecrat so to make that statement was surreal...then they vilified Nina Turner for basically summarizing the sentiment smh I get what you're saying and agree but that statement he made was horribly problematic.

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u/dennismfrancisart ☑️ Jul 25 '24

As a Jamaican American who was told that I wasn’t black enough growing up, I actually laughed when Biden said it. My take was more along the lines of irony. At some point the Conservatives will remind you that you’re black when you step out of bounds.

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u/MisterProfGuy Jul 25 '24

It was a really dumb thing to say, obviously, but anyone that pretended like he was saying anything other than what everyone knew he was saying was being very disingenuous. It's very difficult to call people stupid and ignorant to their face in a polite way.

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u/Ok_Concentrate_75 Jul 25 '24

But it's still kinda calling black interests monolithic and attributing blackness to voting for a singular party is problematic. Especially if the person saying that has actual problematic voting history and statements. Imo if it were anything but a Trump election, that would have lost him the black vote. I agree with you though.

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u/negao360 ☑️ Jul 25 '24

It’s saying, “HEY, if you can’t see that this guy, Trump(and his ilk), is trying to set this country back to a time wherein black people were truly second-class citizens, you are willfully or woefully ignoring your demographic’s future demise.”