Democrats are too old.

[JustAnotherGen]

47. I'm 52

I've lived in NY and NJ - aside from living in West Germany as an officers brat.

When you say This "divide everyone into their constituent identities" form of politics just plain doesn't work anymore. I boil that down to Identity Politics.

I'm 52. Identity Politics is not going away for Black Americans in my lifetime. 92% of Black Women and 78% of Black men voted for Harris.

I'm voting for Ras Baraka in June - because of the color of his skin. I'm proud of it. It was always between him and Spiller for me. Why?

I just watched Trump get elected because of the color of his skin and white grievance. In order to get rid of Black Consciousness - you need to get rid of the Race Card. And the Race Card is solely in the deck because white Americans want it there. White Americans are mollycoddled and told that they can have excuses for why they aren't making it in their home environment - and all of those excuses are because that non-white/non-Christian/non-male, etc. etc. person took it from me.

They have this luxury because they are the default setting.

Until the dominant culture (white Americans) understand that their grievances are petty racist bullshit - you can't get there. I'm not going to budge. They destroyed Americ. It's on me to shove those grievances out of my way - and go behind their back to build America in a way that works. They've not been able to do it since our inception, they have ZILLIONS of chances, and they just don't know what they are doing.

I would also say - having worked for Global Crossing when the bubble burst - things were really really shitty in the early 2000's. So bad I testified to the SEC and FBI and got blackballed for several years as a result. Then in 2009 while at VZW headquarters - I had a younger male making more than me when I took over a team.

I guess? It's never been good for Black women. But we aren't given the grace to complain or bemoan. When we fail it's on us. We are not now and have never been 'allowed' to state that the Dominant Culture is responsible for outcomes.

That changed in November 2024. Now we can say it. We are hated in America anyways - might as well give them a reason to REALLY hate us.

We saw that evil vile Russian lover get elected ONLY because he's white. We know what those people are - and I want everyone who voted for him to suffer.