Black Americans have historically been the most reliable voting block for the Democratic Party for decades. But in her book, Chicago native and Harvard research director Brandi Collins-Dexter says the picture is much more nuanced.
Black Americans have historically been the most reliable voting block for the Democratic Party for decades.,” Chicago native and Harvard research director Brandi Collins-Dexter says the picture is much more nuanced.Through interviews with voters across the country, she explores the perspectives of Black voters who are disillusioned with the Democratic Party — and why she says all political parties need to pay attention.
The Obamas’ message was also that if we work within the system together, pushing through lingering challenges, we can make it truly work for us. That you get what you earn. That those who previously held power can’t keep us all out, and those of us who are able to break through will come back for the rest of us. That the public and private systems that shape our everyday lives aren’t broken. That the real problem is those who control the systems and the people who don’t show up to vote.
Going into November of 2016, we had been told that everything was fine, that America was working for everyone, and that the American Dream was attainable for all. But, in reality, everything was not fine, and nothing showed this quite as starkly as the election of Donald Trump as Barack Obama’s successor. Shock and dismay reverberated through the media.
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