Mitch McConnell's recent comments about voting rights show the mentality of Republicans on this issue. He said that "African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans." He implied that African Americans aren't real Americans, and that voter suppression is a myth. The truth is that African Americans are American citizens, and people are being suppressed the right to vote constantly. Many people have legitimately criticized Mitch McConnell's statements as inaccurate and offensive. This view isn't just embraced by him. It's embraced by many Republicans who refuse to allow the federal government to protect voting rights for real. The spokesman for McConnell's office said that McConnell meant to say other Americans. In 2019, he refused to desire reparations for African Americans when Japanese Americans, Jewish Americans, and some Native Americans received reparations. Us black Americans aren't less American than anyone else. Our ancestors helped to build America by our blood, sweat, and tears. We have every God-given right to condemn unjust laws that even ban giving food or water to people in voting lines. That is cruel beyond just evil (which it is evil). My response to Mitch McConnell is: Mitch Please. Our rights must be protected, defended, and expanded 100 percent.
Today, the Biden administration is one year old. Time is going fast. This comes after the seditionist Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. What makes Trump worse than Nixon involving the transition of power was that Nixon resigned from office after he was caught in criminal behavior. Trump was caught doing evil, and he tried to overthrow a legal election in 2020. No President ever did that in American history. Now, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have the power of the executive branch of government. There is the situation of the White House, the corporate media, and the U.S political establishment. Unemployment is down in America as compared to last year, but the pandemic is still sweeping across the world. More than 2,000 Americans are dying from COVID-19 every day. The American capitalist class and the billionaires on many cases seek profit over revolutionary change. There have been teachings strikes about the response to the pandemic too. The fundamental point is that the world must embrace liberation or not. While the Biden administration has done some good in passing infrastructure legislation and using coronavirus stimulus relief to millions of Americans (causing a cut in childhood poverty in half), there is still a long way to go. Like previous administration, Biden embraces a hawkish foreign policy that is archaic and wrong. I'm glad Trump lost the 2020, and we must embrace an independent progressive thinking in evaluating any President.
People have the right to advocate for legitimate change to transform the world. This movement for justice will have setbacks along the way, but in the end; we shall be completely victorious. The reason is that our cause is just and right. The moderates and the neoliberals are refuted once again, because there is no such thing as a little free. Either you are free or you aren't free. That is the question and the premise on how we live our lives. It is blatantly hypocritical for moderate Senators like Manchin and Sinema (including far right Republicans) to vote for not changing the filibuster, but they voted to change the filibuster to raise the debt ceiling. Economic justice is our aim too. Also, we advocate for voting and the investments to build up the lives of poor, low income, working class, and middle class in America. The battle for democracy continues, and the neo-fascists are the enemies of democracy.
Andre Leon Talley passed away at the age of 73 too. He was a fashion icon who was the first black male creative director of Vogue magazine. His maternal grandmother raised him. Living in Jim Crow South was brutal for him, but it never crushed his spirit. He was out to not only study fashion. He wanted to inspire creativity. Talley worked by going up the ranks from being a fashion designer to being an editor. He gave critiques on clothing, gave political statements, and was courageous. He wrote tons of book, worshipped at a church in Harlem, and remains one of the greatest scholars of fashion.
Rest in Power Brother Andre Leon Talley.
Recently, Lusia Harris passed away. She was one of the greatest basketball players in history who was the Queen of Basketball. She helped to set up a foundation where the WNBA would exist. Louia Harris was the only woman basketball player drafted by an NBA team. That team would be the New Orleans Jazz. She lived to be 66 years old, and she passed away in Greenwood, Mississippi. She was a mother, a grandmother, an Olympic medalist, and a matriarch. Lusia Harris could shoot, pass the ball, and was a champion. She was the first black woman inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1992. By 1999, she was enshrined into the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame as one of 26 inaugural inductees. She won three straight national titles during the 1970's. Always a philanthropist, she helped clarities globally.
Rest in Power Sister Lusia Harris.
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