Yooooooooooooooooo spread this shit around NOW pic.twitter.com/murLWZZaGe— Dubrowalert 🌹 (@DUBROWALERT) March 3, 2020
The "Super Tuesday" round of the Democratic race is over and Joe Biden is the clear winner, having acquired nearly 60% of the black vote.
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| Exit Poll, reported by the Washington Post |
Can you imagine the outcome, though, if the Black population had been repeatedly reminded about Biden's segregation record in the days leading up to Tuesday's vote? If that had happened, it is hard to imagine the Black population putting itself behind Biden as it did. That raises the question: why did Biden's competitors all fail to cover these points in their latest political ads? They were not shy to virtue-signal and rip each other apart in bouts of social-justice grandstanding.
The question is worth examining.
But, note just how few mainstream media sources have weighed in the Biden segregation issue. It is hard to imagine that the media would have responded the same way if Biden were not a centrist. After all, sensational reporting about "rising up" to make your voice heard through a vote is currently being promoted, and contrasted with the America that segregationists wanted:
On #SuperTuesday, a university forged during segregation became the epicenter of the challenges and complications often faced by communities of color when they attempt to make themselves heard in Texas. https://t.co/TYdcGSz2jn— Texas Tribune (@TexasTribune) March 5, 2020
So, it's hard to imagine that exposing the truth about Biden's take on segregation, on a large scale, would not have yielded a different election result. I was thinking about the potential impact when it hit me: our democracy is only as good as what the press decides it needs to remind people of immediately before they cast their vote.
It illustrates where the power is. I assume the establishment is well aware of this power, and it contributes to the way ordinary people are looked down upon by them. But it reveals the reality of the situation, what we are up against, and what we must overcome if we wish to win.
