A Pen with a point of view – Commentary
Now that the review of my book chapters is completed, we move towards the future.
I have anxiety for my people. The concern is whether blacks will be aware, or not care to vote. It is almost overwhelming. I’m talking about the spring primaries, and the fall elections. At the risk of repeating myself, I’m saying that our input matters, it’s important, we won’t save democracy or ourselves if we don’t.
I hope you will help me get the word out on the street; take friends and family Polling, ask your crazy cousin to do it, whisper down the lane, put signs on your lawn, volunteer for a local politician, donate to out-of-state campaigns – ANYTHING! These are the things that make me a quiet activist. You don’t have to march, be on stage, or carry a bull horn. Whatever you do, don’t let anyone’s political personality stop you. There are so many smoke screens, but we have to stay focused.
In my last post, we talked about the current legislative effects of things started at the beginning of the 21st century. Because we did a section in the book on Black Laws (the newer version of Black Codes), we know that white nationalist politicians were years ahead, with their efforts to stop our vote. Right now, we just have to think one year ahead, and be ready.
One thing that was very interesting was the political map of the 2020 election…there Georgia was, this one blue state is a sea of red ones. Recently I came across this article on how it happened:
“The reversal of the black great migration began as a trickle in the 1970s, increased in the 1990s, and turned into a virtual evacuation from many northern areas in the subsequent decades”. The search for affordable housing, jobs, and safe communities was the driving force that led them out of NYC, Chicago, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Milwaukee, Cleveland, and other cities.
It really gave me some hope that if Atlanta, GA. could do it, (a statewide political shift) so can other places like TX, AZ, NV, NC, and MN. These locations have experienced a large infusion of black excellence. I hope they can turn around those bastions of supremacy, once they get involved.
In the words of Jessie Jackson, I’ll “keep hope alive”
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CW Porter
