Alright, I think that more than ever it’s really important that we talk about this issue. I’m saying this because of many different reasons, but the main reason is because of the results of this recent election. This most recent election was the most important of the decade, and probably the most important in the last twenty years.
The way some Black men went out and voted is very telling of the Black male population here in The United States. Around 35% of black men who voted, voted for Former President Donald Trump. This is a 20% gain nearly from the last election.
I think there’s many different reasons that went into this, so here are a few main ones.
When I see Black men talk about voting against Kamala Harris, I know there’s a much bigger problem at play. To me, it’s hatred: a state of mind that’s been creeping into our culture for years. It’s not just about Kamala or politics. It’s about how Black men are now being rejected from the modern Black woman.
Around 40-50 years ago, Black men were expected to be the providers, main caretakers of households and the support their family needed in rough times. Now, Black women can do that all on their own because of the advocacy women have fought for over the years. They don’t need a man to pay the bills because they can get a job with as much pay or more, they don’t need a man to help them build things because they can get it prebuilt.
This is proven because of the rise of single Black women in America. Many people, including myself, were raised nearly by a single Black woman because they have always been the backbone and have innately always took a lot of the blows for Black men when it came down to it, throughout American history. Because of this, they have started to become stronger and more connected, and that’s why I feel like we saw 92% of them vote for Vice President Kamala Harris at the polls.
Now, they’re saying no to Black men in modern times because they’re not providers like they used to, and this could be because of many issues and I feel like one is incarceration. We all know that when in jail you don’t receive the same education of someone who is free and able to live the same life as someone who is out. And because of that I feel like Black men are voted for Trump because they’re uneducated, and they want to take the right to say no away from Black women. They’ll no longer be able to reject the incompetence, and dully just have to accept the bottom of the bottom of men because they think that’ll become the forefront.
Cause, like I said, this isn’t about valid critique. It’s that hatred I was talking about before because Black men are denied by the new standards of powerful Black women who don’t need to rely on men, so they have an unwillingness to accept Black women in spaces of power in all aspects of life including the presidency.
I see it in my own circles, too. There are Black men who go on about how they don’t date Black women because they’re “too loud” or “too ghetto.” Meanwhile, they idolize women of other races, calling them “more toned down” or “less trifling.”
These are the same men who grew up with Black moms, Black sisters, and Black friends! People who were raised on Black love yet now act like it’s something to avoid.
It’s frustrating. Black women give everything, but they’re expected to accept the bare minimum in return. They’re constantly supporting, constantly showing up, but when it’s time to get that same energy back, some Black men are nowhere to be found. And this has been the case more than once in history!
This isn’t about all Black men, but it’s enough of them for it to be a problem.
If we’re going to move forward as a community, we need to address this. We have to hold each other accountable and ask why Black men are so quick to tear Black women down but are silent when it’s time to lift them up. Kamala Harris isn’t just a politician; she’s a symbol of Black women’s perseverance and strength, and that alone deserves respect.
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