An Open Letter to White Liberals Blaming 'Low Information' Black Voters

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An Open Letter to White Liberals Blaming 'Low Information' Black Voters for Not Cleaning Up White Folks' Mess

https://www.theroot.com/an-open-letter-to-white-liberals-blaming-low-informatio-1842100419?utm_source=theroot_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR3ikYLfm3nR53ptMWvCtjqqY9kItcawrTHTRWuK1ZsC07HlNlNvgOM1pnI


Michael Harriot
Today 3:00PM

Dear Sir or White Man,

I’m writing this letter, lurking outside the threshold to equality, peering through the same peephole through which we watched you enjoy 401 years of unfettered, glorious freedom while black people presented themselves as a living sacrifice, offering their necks to nooses, their skulls to batons and their children’s bodies to firebombs.

A few days ago, I was informed that some of you may have a problem with black voters who actually went to voting booths and exercised their right to vote for whomever the fuck they wanted. Apparently, anyone who didn’t vote the way outraged, left-leaning white liberals wanted must have been an uninformed heathen, a moderate or, even worse, a “centrist.”

And now your fragile brittle hearts are broken into a thousand little pieces because black people have rejected the Buddha of Birkenstock-wearers during his quest for the presidency. And, by not choosing Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden supporters are somehow ruining America.

. . . much more. Really, go have a read.

https://www.theroot.com/an-open-letter-to-white-liberals-blaming-low-informatio-1842100419?utm_source=theroot_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow&fbclid=IwAR3ikYLfm3nR53ptMWvCtjqqY9kItcawrTHTRWuK1ZsC07HlNlNvgOM1pnI

[Thekaspervote]

1. Thx for posting. Have seen bits of this of twitter..just spot on

[Faux pas]

2. Kickin'

[relayerbob]

3. WOW!!!

And complete, utter truth

[countingbluecars]

4. A must read!

Thanks for posting.

[radical noodle]

5. Buddha of Birkenstock-wearers

Priceless!

African Americans have always had to be savvy voters. I would trust them any day compared to the uninformed know-it-alls that think only Bernie supporters should have a vote.

BTW, that isn't aimed at all Bernie supporters, just the ones so ignorant that they want to minimize the votes of black Americans.

[Afromania]

12. I have been calling Bernie that one college guy who liked his own politics so much

that he became insufferable to all around him. Furthermore, he's too old to be acting like this. Buddha of Birkenstocks is a perfect name for him and I'm going to need to borrow it.

[radical noodle]

13. A perfect description

He's the quintessential aged hippie.

[sweetloukillbot]

51. Yup - he read some Marx and Reich and won't shut up about it nt

[betsuni]

59. +1

[Demsrule86]

15. De Blasio should apologize...his condescension was palpable...how dare he call voters who don't

agree with him uninformed.

[TwilightZone]

6. Since Tuesday, I have seen a reference on DU to the Mason-Dixon line,

a reference to states where a lot of voters "happen to be black", and someone trying to differentiate between Southern and non-Southern blacks, all in posts trying to explain Sanders' lack of support in Super Tuesday states.

Pretty subtle, eh?

[Demsrule86]

16. I saw that too.

[GulfCoast66]

18. No shit? Missed that one. Not surprised.

Repeat from 16. But it was way worse then.

Bernie has 30 years to endear himself to black folks and when they don’t cotton to him it’s their fault?

Biden is reassembling the Obama Coalition with a soupçon of white college educated women who are repulsed by Trump.

[DrToast]

7. Wow....the mic has been dropped.

[morillon]

8. Harriot is spot on, once again

I think the same mentality is behind those who booed John Lewis at the 2016 convention. John Lewis, FFS.

I've been furious ever since Saturday because of the shit said about Black voters in South Carolina -- by people calling themselves liberals, Democrats, and the like. The wokeness is so thin you could scratch it off with a fingernail.

[Demsrule86]

17. Why they are woke and know best for everyone...

[Blue_true]

29. You have people supporting Sanders that largely have decently funded schools.

They didn't go to poorly funded schools and their moms and days general went to jobs where they didn't come home filthy. So they can afford to demand free college, college debt forgiveness and Medicare for All, because they have always had the basics, Black people want to consistently get the basics.

[RhodeIslandOne]

35. Weird, considering this guy said he wouldn't vote for Hillary because....

....the lesser evil is still evil.

https://www.theroot.com/i-m-not-with-her-because-i-m-petty-1790856224

I'm done trying to figure his angle.

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. Chicago may be an emblematic melting-pot city.

It's 1/3 black; 1/3 Hispanic; and 1/3 white. Yes, it has its problems and there is segregation, but I think the fact that no one here is a minority numerically is to our advantage. Many people are "woke", and the ones who aren't likely will always refuse to be. It's their loss, IMO. Of course, they don't believe the statistics.

[Afromania]

10. Yup, EVERY single time somebody loses this is the first place some of my "allies" begin the search.

You know, rather than starting with the people in their own house. I wish I could rec this a 100 times. Sadly, I can't so I'll kick.

[Sloumeau]

11. If that interested you,

then this posting from DailyKos.com made by Chitown Kev, a member of the Black Kos Community, posted this on March 3, 2020 (Super Tuesday) shortly before midnight EST:


[link:https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2020/03/04/1924156/-Chilecan-someone-help-the-uneducated-low-information-voters-in-the-state-of-Massachusetts|]

He wrote the following:

Chile...can someone help the uneducated low-information voters in the state of Massachusetts?

They need internet connections...STAT!

It’s all so very concerning!

Yes, I am being petty, lmao

Right after Joe Biden won South Carolina, a number of Bernie Sanders supporters apparently said, wrote, or tweeted that the reason Joe Biden won in South Carolina is that South Carolina is full of "low-information voters". So, Chitown Kev was apparently joking that there must be a bunch of low-information voters in Massachusettes since Joe Biden won that state as well.

The comments in that diary are pretty funny.

[Demsrule86]

14. Very good article ...K&R.

[betsuni]

19. Ha! Excellent.

The article mentions Gizmodo declaring doom. Jezebel's take for Biden's success is: "They Are Trying To Kill Us." How very dramatic the juice box revolutionaries are!

[GulfCoast66]

20. It's worth reading the comments till you get to cdwag14. I spit New England pale ale on my Ipad

I would post it but I work hard not to get a post hidden.

[swag]

21. Damn, they must have deleted that comment. Couldn't find one from cdwag14.

[GulfCoast66]

22. It's still there. I can't believe the delete many as there are some nasty ones.

Just open up the see more post icon. It’s not that far down.

I would not post it. But the person writing it is funny as hell.

[SunSeeker]

24. OMG. The comment by cdwag14...."50 Stents"...

I'm in stitches!

[GulfCoast66]

30. Vermont Jesus is what had me cleaning my iPad.

That dude hates Bernie. Which I don’t. Don’t like him but man, that was funny.

[Cha]

26. It is hard work.

[GulfCoast66]

28. I spit beer on my iPad.

[Cha]

31. Sorry!

[GulfCoast66]

33. No. Not your post. The response to the article. It was the Vermont Jesus. I'm still chortling.

[Cha]

34. Oh.. lol

I guess I should read them.

[OnDoutside]

39. Here's cdwag14s post, Cha

This piece deserves a ten minute standing ovation. I mean that Bernie interview last night was peak dude bros. Now to all you so called woke black folks ripping us “establishment low information stuck on the plantation black voters”

I have some questions: After hearing Vermont Jesus last night say “Jim Clyburn and I don’t share the same politics” why in the ever loving fuck would any black person that fought for the right to vote, live and work in this country support that crotchety old fuck?

Also why should anyone support the man that wanted to primary the first black man to hold the office he is so desperate to hold?

Oh Irony alert 50 Stents now has the fucking gall to use Barack in an ad in Florida? I mean there is shameless and then there is Lord Maple From Burlington.

Other questions, why did he not have a job prior to forty?

Why did he leave diverse Brooklyn to take his pasty flat ass to Vermont?

Where is he getting his money from?

If you dumb ass cargo short wearing, white reggae band listening fake ass revolutionaries think your $27 have helped this lazy ass grifter run for office for FOUR YEARS you are a special brand of dumbass.

Oh one other question, where the fuck are Nina Turner’s edges?

[Cha]

41. OMG! Thank you so much, OnDoutside!

And, Why Wokes did Sanders Not Go to Selma for Bloody Sunday?! Instead went to a rally in California where he had about a 20% lead.

Rofl! Oh that is so Good.. I love cdwag14s! Bookmarked.

Mahalo!

[OnDoutside]

47. No problem, Cha. It is quite staggering that he's had 4 years to build his campaign and he took

Black voters completely for granted, to the bitter end with Selma. Remember from the start of January that even here, there was a relentless browbeating that Sanders was going to defeat all before him and resistance was futile.

The tide has gone out and we see now who wasn't wearing any swimming shorts !

[OnDoutside]

55. The blame lies everywhere apparently

[Cha]

57. Exactly! Why Would the DNC mess with

the under 30 crowd?!

Answer.. They wouldn't! Boom!

[OnDoutside]

61. If it was that easy, everyone would be chasing the youth vote. It's

Fool's gold, politically. Certainly the way the electoral system is set up, currently.

[onetexan]

45. K&R - well written& hilarious :)

An early good morning to u! u've just made my day

[OnDoutside]

48. And cuts to the heart of it !

[betsuni]

58. Ha! Excellent.

[SunSeeker]

23. Wow. The article is brutally honest, and brilliant

Maybe black people voted for Biden because he worked in the administration that gave them healthcare. Perhaps those people trust him because he was part of the largest tax increase on the wealthy since the 1950s. They also know how white people react when the government starts helping people. They remember when a “living wage” was called “welfare” and “criminal justice reform” was called “soft on crime”

Maybe they’re voting on Biden’s ability alone. You act as if black people aren’t aware that, in 30 years, your boy hasn’t written a single piece of successful legislation. In three decades, what has Sanders ever achieved? What has he ever done that improved the lives of black people?

Or white people?

Or anyone who doesn’t work at the newly named Thaddeus Stevens Post Office in Danville, Vt.?

[OnDoutside]

38. Wow barely described it !

[onetexan]

46. As someone said, AA voters are pragmatic voters

They know who gets things done. As Clyburn said, They knowJoe.

[Cha]

25. I absolutely love those patriotic Biden Supporters..

across the Nation.. they know plenty!

Thanks for posting, swag!

[Blue_true]

27. The rephrase what a Black wonan in South Carolina said after voting for Biden.

"Most Black people are focused on having a good Pre-K to 12 education system. Free college is not a primary concern for us".

[GulfCoast66]

32. And she unintentionally hit upon his biggest weakness.

He appeals to what he knows. College educated white folks in New England.

The whole free college thing is a good example. Most people I know who went to college don’t have huge debt. Because they went to state schools which do not cost $60,000 a year. Or semester. I just don’t know many folks who went to private schools that cost that much. Except two of my best friends, one who I have been greatest friend for 42 years. He went to a very expensive school. And now makes a shit-ton of Money because he got a MBA at an Ivy League school. His debt is long paid. The other got an Ivy League law degree. A good value for the money.

We need to increase college aid for families from low income families. Not kids from upper middle class families to send their kids to Vanderbilt.

[dawg day]

37. Free community college that's what we really need-

In most states, you can take your gen-ed courses at the CC and transfer the credits to a 4-year college. It's really cost-effective, and will benefit students even more if the tuition is free.

[Recursion]

43. And tuition costs aren't what's keeping poor people out of college

Much bigger issues are foregoing 4 years of income, finding childcare, arranging transportation, and -- biggest of all -- the pipeline and recruiting failure to even reach poor people to begin with. College started out as a class signal and its purpose unfortunately hasn't changed that much over the centuries.

[LizBeth]

44. I have been saying since 2015. White, men, middle/upper middle class.

[dawg day]

36. I have come to always trust the "black bloc"--

The choice of a majority of black voters is usually good.
They would never vote for Jill Stein, for example.

[MerryBlooms]

40. I've come to respect and admire Harriot's work this election cycle.

I read his articles a few times to really let them soak in. I've discovered a lot about myself and my privilege that I didn't understand before. Some of it's been tough to take in, but I feel I'm a better person for it. Excellent piece, thanks for posting.

[Recursion]

42. "They remember when a 'living wage' was called 'welfare'"

Until that sentence makes sense to you, American politics will not make sense to you.

[NurseJackie]

49. Brutal. Deserved.

[Cha]

50. KICK!

[nycbos]

52. Why just white men?

Shouldn't let white women off the hook.

But agreed.

[RDavisJ1]

53. Biden VP prognosticators need to pay attention.....

The backbone of the Democratic Party is the Black vote. Using the excuse, "Joe has the Black" vote is the exact tone deafness that will lead to defeat in November.

[spicysista]

54. From the article.....

To be clear, no one is mad at Sanders.

But casting his failings as somehow the fault of black people who are afraid of change is peak whiteness. For some black voters, the rabid toxicity of inflexible white liberals is the one thing that repels them from joining the great aluminum-free deodorant mass movement.

I repeat, "no one is mad at Sanders". This is about removing the Orange menace and supporting Joe. He will be a wonderful president.

[Blue_Tires]

56. I've been making most of those same points here,

but since Harriot is saying them, maybe DUers will pay heed this time...

[Dem2]

60. Excellent. Love the last 4 para:

Only white liberals would call something a “revolution” that could be defeated by supposedly dumb, old black “centrists.” What the hell is a black “centrist” anyway? Is “moderate” the nickname you give to people who don’t share your values or do what you say? Is “centrist” the new “nigger”? Every black person is a centrist because we are always at the center of America’s crosshairs.

To be clear, no one is mad at Sanders.

But casting his failings as somehow the fault of black people who are afraid of change is peak whiteness. For some black voters, the rabid toxicity of inflexible white liberals is the one thing that repels them from joining the great aluminum-free deodorant mass movement.

Imagine black people ever having the choice to “opt-out” of the “status quo.” Sanders’ political failings are his own, and black people are not here to channel the political yearnings of white progressives. We are not here to carry your water or clean up your mess. It’s not that black people don’t believe you...

You quite literally need more people.