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Biden suffers from double-digit defections from his 2020 Black electoral coalition, and his recent outreach is unlikely to change that, writes Shermichael Singleton.

But the Morehouse crowd, at least, understood that no matter how much Biden talks about his proximity to HBCU graduates and having worked with President Barack Obama and Vice President Kamala Harris, his policies have yet to fully meet their expectations, and while some may argue that a little progress is better than no progress at all, it begs the question for many of how long they should accept minimal change when the needs are far greater.

Democrats dismissing Biden’s bad poll numbers showcases the disconnect between wealthy Washington elites whose hubris does not allow them to understand the very real and salient experiences of many working-class Black people who feel disillusioned and often forgotten by a political class that only shows up when it’s time to vote.

Democrats are frankly delusional if they think they can take these voters’ sentiments for granted. There’s a strong chance they will not vote for Biden at the same level they did in 2020.

  • mozz@mbin.grits.dev
    111·
    6 months ago

    Sure

    his policies have yet to fully meet their expectations, and while some may argue that a little progress is better than no progress at all, it begs the question for many of how long they should accept minimal change when the needs are far greater.

    I have talked enough with enough specifics about my reaction to this, that I don’t feel like I would need to repeat it, and I feel like it’s safe to stop reading at that point

    In short: If the overwhelming average is a big pile of shit, and bringing in a new guy was enough to move the average a pretty fuckin significant distance in the direction of “not shit”, then I think throwing away the new guy in order to pursue the course of progress is a bad idea. Especially since the alternative right now is Anthrax and shit. Moving in the direction of replacing all the rest of the shit (including the new guy at any point we can find something better) all sounds like a great idea, of course, which I only spell out because I feel someone may twist this around into me saying we shouldn’t replace the shit which is very far from what I am actually saying.