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Black Men Who Chose The Couch Over Voting Gave White Men Exactly What They Wanted From Us
(Warning: This essay is punctuated with street vernacular and colorful language reflecting my native Detroit sensibilities. The reasons for this creative choice will be self-evident. So don’t play this one with the kids in the car.)
Before I deal with the most shocking revelation from the election results, this critical point must be made: Donald Trump did not win any state, swing or otherwise, because Black men voted for him. That is a scurrilous lie and a slander on my brothers. Every professional election analyst that mentions Black men as a part of the so-called coalition that delivered victory for Trump and a margin of error loss for Kamala Harris is either fundamentally dishonest or unforgivably lazy. Black men supported the Vice-President at an 80% clip and only Black women did better.
With that said, and specifically speaking to my brothers in my hometown of Detroit, WHAT THE FUCK? 47%. We turned out in Detroit, Michigan at 47-goddamned %. In THIS election? With THIS sister on the ballot, running against the most anti-us motherfucker we have seen since the days of police dogs and fire hoses? Fuck-outta-here. Ain’t no way a legion of brothers from…
