The Black Vote:
More powerful than a bullet.
More powerful than a protest © 2016
The 2016 presidential election is extremely important. One candidate has a history of involvement and reaching out to others. The other candidate has a history of helping himself, and in this campaign year, that candidate has stirred up ugly racial, religious and sexual divisions. On this upcoming Tuesday, the black vote will be extremely important as it always has been.
The presidential election in 1960, between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy, was a close one.
Really close. According to history, John F. Kennedy would not have been elected president had it not been for the black vote. That election was certainly an early testament to the power of the black vote. When we show up and vote, we can make things happen. We can make history.
Coleman A. Young was Detroit’s first black mayor. Before he was elected mayor, black Detroiters felt under siege by the city’s mostly white police force. It was a force that disrepected and brutalized Blacks. In response, fed up black Detroiters turned out to vote like never before, and they elected Young mayor.
Young kept his promise to voters, and he made the city’s police force more reflective of the city’s diverse population. Again, it was the power of the black vote.
The black vote was crucial in electing President Barack Obama and re-electing him as well.
On the other hand, when Blacks do not vote, bad things happen that adversely affect us.
Take Ferguson, Missouri. Blacks made up 70 percent of Ferguson’s population. Yet, by not voting, they allowed Ferguson’s city government to be controlled by Whites. You’re talking about the mayor, the council, the police force, and the prosecutor. Make no mistate, voting has consequences, both good and bad.
Motivational Speaker Les Brown said it well.
“You can never improve your circumstances or environment without first improving yourself. If you see yourself as powerless, I can give you the right to vote and at voter registration time, I have to beg you to register, then I have to beg you to get out voting.”
In Michigan, the state’s governor, the House, the Senate, and the state Supreme Court are controlled by Republicans. What if the black vote had turned out in records numbers? Things could have been different.
Be it voting or education, we cannot afford to act as if we’re powerless.
Les Brown: “If you have a limited vision of yourself and see yourself as powerless rather than powerful, I can give you the right to have an education, but if you have a limited vision of yourself, your dropout rate will be 40-60 percent, because you will not see how education can play a role in your future.”
Donald Trump has insulted Blacks, women, Hispanics, Muslims, veterans, the disabled, reporters, judges, etc. November 8 is payback time. Turn all of those tweets and posts against Trump into votes. Just as importantly, it is crucial to reject Republicans in other races who have supported Trump.
Only a black idiot would vote for the KKK, or vote for a candidate who’s supported by the KKK, as is Donald Trump. Clinton has a history of reaching out to the black community. She has earned our vote.
More powerful than a bullet.
More powerful than a protest © 2016
The 2016 presidential election is extremely important. One candidate has a history of involvement and reaching out to others. The other candidate has a history of helping himself, and in this campaign year, that candidate has stirred up ugly racial, religious and sexual divisions. On this upcoming Tuesday, the black vote will be extremely important as it always has been.
The presidential election in 1960, between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy, was a close one.
Really close. According to history, John F. Kennedy would not have been elected president had it not been for the black vote. That election was certainly an early testament to the power of the black vote. When we show up and vote, we can make things happen. We can make history.
Coleman A. Young was Detroit’s first black mayor. Before he was elected mayor, black Detroiters felt under siege by the city’s mostly white police force. It was a force that disrepected and brutalized Blacks. In response, fed up black Detroiters turned out to vote like never before, and they elected Young mayor.
Young kept his promise to voters, and he made the city’s police force more reflective of the city’s diverse population. Again, it was the power of the black vote.
The black vote was crucial in electing President Barack Obama and re-electing him as well.
On the other hand, when Blacks do not vote, bad things happen that adversely affect us.
Take Ferguson, Missouri. Blacks made up 70 percent of Ferguson’s population. Yet, by not voting, they allowed Ferguson’s city government to be controlled by Whites. You’re talking about the mayor, the council, the police force, and the prosecutor. Make no mistate, voting has consequences, both good and bad.
Motivational Speaker Les Brown said it well.
“You can never improve your circumstances or environment without first improving yourself. If you see yourself as powerless, I can give you the right to vote and at voter registration time, I have to beg you to register, then I have to beg you to get out voting.”
In Michigan, the state’s governor, the House, the Senate, and the state Supreme Court are controlled by Republicans. What if the black vote had turned out in records numbers? Things could have been different.
Be it voting or education, we cannot afford to act as if we’re powerless.
Les Brown: “If you have a limited vision of yourself and see yourself as powerless rather than powerful, I can give you the right to have an education, but if you have a limited vision of yourself, your dropout rate will be 40-60 percent, because you will not see how education can play a role in your future.”
Donald Trump has insulted Blacks, women, Hispanics, Muslims, veterans, the disabled, reporters, judges, etc. November 8 is payback time. Turn all of those tweets and posts against Trump into votes. Just as importantly, it is crucial to reject Republicans in other races who have supported Trump.
Only a black idiot would vote for the KKK, or vote for a candidate who’s supported by the KKK, as is Donald Trump. Clinton has a history of reaching out to the black community. She has earned our vote.