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The fight for equality & voting rights for Black Americans: Déjà vu, here we are AGAIN, with racist whites again trying to deny Black Americans their humanity and freedoms. I remember what went on with Jim Crow. I didn’t live in the South, but I grew up in a tiny rural Sundown town full of racist assholes, including most of my relatives. I remember what American society was like in the 50s and 60s and it was not healthy for non white people, or immigrants, women or anyone LGBTQ. ALL were looked down on, taken advantage of & made fun of & denied rights. There are so many differences between that era and today. Affirmative Action did a lot of good, so have DEI policies, the Civil Rights Acts, anti discrimination laws & lawsuits against many kinds of harassment & abuse. The result is that the prejudiced people trying to shove Black Americans down again have far more well prepared opposition than decades ago: Many Black well educated professionals, lawyers & judges, professors & business owners, doctors & scientists, astronauts & police chiefs, office holders & billionaires, mayors, governors, bankers, military officers & a former President & First Lady, plus many famous & popular celebrities in music, entertainment & sports. Taking away their political power is not going to be tolerated. Those trying to do so already look like the pathetic losers that they always have been, always will be, until they quit being afraid to welcome Black Americans as equals. I remember when a major retail chain hesitated to use non white actors in their television commercials. I was working on the account. They felt they were taking a “big chance” putting Black, Asian & Hispanic actors in their ads, along with pale people. They worried about the reaction of their customers to the “status quo” changing. The ads aired, sales went UP. Now, an all white ad campaign would look weird. Who’s missing? Who’s not being reached out to? Inclusion is here to stay, including in our politics. Only the most obtuse people in America can imagine it any other way. People who are shutting themselves off in a stifling closet of boring sameness. What’s the point?? Join the modern world. We’re NOT GOING BACK. We will move forward without you, if you don’t quit being jackasses. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸