“Gay people are minorities till they need to be white.” (Dave Chapelle)
Abstract
Black Americansshould seriously ponder the long term effects of what white liberals did to Ms. Crockett in the recent Texas Democratic Primary, well past 2026 and 2028. If Talarico garners even ten percent (10%) of the Black vote in the general election, Black voters in all fifty states will forever be taken for granted by the Democratic Party. On the other hand, if Black Texan voters make sure that Talarico not only loses but is vanquished by voting in droves for his republican opponent, Black Americans will own the Democratic Party for the foreseeable future, considering that Black causes perfectly align with those of the majority of average Americans. After all, it is white liberals who are most affected by dictatorial MAGA, it is Latinos who are most affected by anti-immigrant MAGA, and it is middle-easterners who are most affected by warmongering MAGA. In short, it would be these three groups which would be most affected if the US goes to the dogs via MAGA, for the simple reason that they are the ones benefiting the most from the US, compared to Blacks. However, these three groups would rather have the dictatorial, anti-immigrant, and warmongering MAGA control the senate for the short term than see an assertive Black senator who may then become president in the long term. Like wise, Black Americans should rather let MAGA win for the short term than be taken for granted by the Democratic Party for ever. Ms. Crockett may be pressured to sound conciliatory. However, the issue is no longer hers alone but is of all Black Americans and the stakes have never been higher for Black Americans.
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Jasmine Crocket was and will still remain the darling of white liberals especially those considered minorities (rather those who consider themselves to be minorities) because of their sexual orientations. That is, as long as she remains an effective communicator against anti-gay, anti-liberal, and dogmatically religious MAGA but do not seek elected offices of significant power, for the sole reason that, like all whites, white liberals chronically suffer from that well-known, basically inherent fear (rather dread) of assertive Blacks in powerful positions.
In the case of Mr. Crockett, the fear of whites is compounded by the fact that, in addition to being a proud Black woman proudly standing for Black causes first and foremost (which, by the way, perfectly align with those of average non-Black Americans), she is well-endowed with that rear combination of education, intelligence, and eloquence, not to mention the bravery to call a spade a spade.
White liberal’s fear of Ms. Crockett is so much so that they would rather have a MAGA supermajority in the Senate than see her elected, explaining why prominent white liberals like James Carville and youtubers like Keith Edwards ganged up against her in favor of the mediocre James Talarico. They did so knowing full well that (without Black support) Talarico has absolutely no chance in the general election, no matter who the republican nominee may be.
James Carville’s argument about the “unelectability” of Ms. Crocket is that she self-centered and over-ambitious, purposely misinterpreting Ms. Crockett’s demeanor to spur white fear.
CBS’s Late Show host Stephen Colbert went as far as releasing his interview of Talarico on YouTube instead of on TV, solely because he did not want to comply with the requirement that Ms. Crockett be given an equal opportunity.
Sarah Longwell, a former republican strategist and now the publisher of “The Bulwark” implicitly invoked that age-old terminology of black invalidation and essentially called Ms. Crockett “an angry black woman“, arguing why Texans should not vote for her if only for that sole reason. The fact is, both Mr. Colbert and Ms. Longwell knew perfectly well that, in level playing field with well-informed voters, there is absolutely no way the mediocre Talarico would win over the scintillating Crockett.
As per white liberals, it is they and only they who should fight for Black causes. Unlike Uncle Toms like Tim Scott and Byron Donalds, the one and only role expected of genuine Black leaders like Ms. Crockett is to help mediocre white liberals like Mr. Talarico win elections by energizing the Black base. As long as any Black person excels in this specific king-making or queen-making role, that person will feature prominent in all white liberal media and will surely be their frequent guest. However, the moment that person intends to run for any elected position of significant influence , all hell will break loose and all white liberals will rise up in unison for character assassination with the stereotypical “dangerous black” as the undertone.
It in this sense that white liberals are worse for Blacks than even overtly white supremacist conservatives. Blacks are better off completely detaching themselves from these hypocrites. If they have to deal with them, they should always do so with the understanding that when push comes to the shove they will always side with their white conservative brethren against Blacks, for the simple reason that they align with Blacks not out of principle but out of expediency.
Jasmine Crockett’s Texas debacle should be a watershed moment, a critical turning point, for Blacks. It is high time that Blacks tell white liberals in no uncertain terms and prove through concrete actions that they are done with being king makers for mediocre white liberals once and for all. They should make white liberals realize that they can’t have their Black cake and eat it to. If these white liberals prefer the mediocre Talarico over the highly qualified Jasmine Crockett, if they think that the Talarico is electable only because he is white and is able to quote few well-known bible verses, let them get him elected without any help from Blacks.
White liberals modus operandi, their overriding political assumption, has always been that Blacks will always vote democrat no matter what, and, therefore, the role of the Democratic Party is to address the specific concerns of white conservatives, Latinos, and middle-easterners, completely ignoring those of Blacks. Even president Obama, highly influenced by white liberals as he was, was guilty of this assumption. Instead of principally focusing on his principal base, he spent most of his presidency trying to please (rather appease) those whites who hate him with passion, as if not realizing that they hate him not because of what he does or what he stands for but because of who he is, specifically because they dread seeing an intelligent, eloquent, and assertive Black person in his position .
It is high time that Blacks concretely prove to white liberals that their assumption of taking Blacks for granted is not only no longer valid but will never, ever be. Blacks should make sure that for every single vote white liberals may perhaps get by going after Ms. Crockett, they lose hundreds of sure black votes. Regardless one’s political affiliation and irrespective of one’s opinion about Ms. Crockett, no self-respecting Black would cast a vote for the mediocre Talarico who allegedly called Colin Allred a “mediocre Black man“. On the contrary, Blacks should vote for the republican nominee in droves to make sure that Talarico not only loses but is vanquished, never to rise again. Better yet, Ms. Crockett should run as an independent, even if only to split the vote and act as a spoiler. Then, and only then will white liberals know their limitations and stop disrespecting Blacks.
Whites got practically everything they got through indiscriminate application of sheer, brute force and, therefore, will understand only when they are spoken to from position of power, irrespective of how significant that power may be. And the potential of Black power is much higher, way much higher, than even highly informed Blacks assume it to be. However, whites of all hue know how huge that Black potential is and, therefore, will do everything in their power, will leave no stone unturned, to make it remain just a potential for sometime and then gradually diminish it to insignificance by dilution.
White liberals worthy of their salt aggressively campaigned against Ms. Crockett ostensibly because she is not “electable” but really because they dread any self-respecting, assertive Black person in any influential position. However, now that they got Talarico to be the nominee, they will again aggressively go after Ms. Crockett, but this time to request that she aggressively campaign for Talarico and, thereby, fulfill her assigned king-maker role. Should she respond to their request positively, she will again be the darling of their liberal media, and will surely appear in Mr. Colbert’s Late Show, not once, not twice, but many times.
Each and everything white liberals deemed repulsive to the American non-Black electorate when Ms. Crockett applied it to her own campaign will now be deemed attractive to the same electorate by the very same white liberals if she would apply it in service of Mr. Talarico.
Ms. Longwell of “The Bulwark” who, in trying to discredit Ms. Crockett, insinuated that she is an “angry black woman“, will surely applaud Ms. Crockett if she becomes angry as hell in support of Mr. Talarico. In this case, she would interpret Ms. Crockett’s anger as born not out of disposition but out of frustration for the sake of Americans.
Perhaps, Ms. Longwell is so idiotic as to earnestly believe Donald Trump’s disparagement of Ms. Crockett as “low IQ“. In fact, it wouldn’t in the least be surprising if she does, since she was a “former” republican strategist adept at hoodwinking poor, uneducated whites, that is, rednecks and hillbillys aptly referred to as “deplorables” by none other than the white liberal Hillary Clinton. The problem for Ms. Longwell is that Ms. Crocket is way above her grade let alone that of her former “deplorable” subjects, that is, if she, herself is not one of the deplorables.
The hope is that the brave Ms. Crockett will frankly tell these white liberal hypocrites like Mr. Carville and Mr. Colbert as well as white supremacist conservatives pretending to be liberals like Ms. Longwell who were cheering for Talarico and who will now surely reapproach her to make her cheer for Talarico exactly what they need to be told, F you.
Aligning with whites are social media influencers of middle eastern heritage like Hasan Piker and his cousin Cenk Uygur whose whole demeanor is as if Blacks are hugely indebted to middle easterners and, therefore, should mostly, if not totally, focus on middle eastern causes completely ignoring their own Black causes. These are the very middle-eastern Americans who overwhelmingly voted for Trump when he merely told them he will end the war in Gaza, even though they very well know “making America great again” is but only a code phrase for “bringing Jim Crow again”. By doing so, they clearly showed that they have no issue with white dominant, Jim Crow America and would gladly benefit from it should they be the newly minted “whites” to join the previously minted “whites” – the Irish, the Italians, the Polish, and other East Europeans. On their part, the white supremacists keep tantalizing these white wannabe middle-easterners with the possibility of realizing their wish to be white via an artificially created, non-existent umbrella race called the “Caucasian race”.
For some weird reason of theirs, these middle-eastern weirdos seem think that it is the duty of Blacks to fight for their middle eastern causes, while they themselves are sabotaging Black causes. Perverting the adage “scratch my back I will scratch yours“, these middle-easterner Americans want Blacks to keep scratching their backs while they themselves keep scratching Blacks in the face and, what is more, deriving immense sadistic pleasure from bleeding Blacks profusely. They seem to operate on the implicit and explicit assumption that the foremost, if not the sole, job of Black politicians is to fight for Palestinians, explaining why they view any amount of AIPAC contribution to Black politicians as a cardinal, disqualifying sin but just a nuisance for white politicians.
If these middle-eastern white wannabes have no qualms about siding with MAGA for the sake of Gaza and against Blacks, why shouldn’t Blacks feel at ease about siding with AIPAC, if they found it helpful to their cause? Blacks should openly and loudly tell these mofos F you and side with anyone and everyone who would help them advance their own cause without compromising their moral integrity.
Like all other non-Black Americans (Whites, Latinos, Asians, Arabs etc.) Blacks Americans should focus on Black causes first and foremost, giving them precedence over and above any other cause. Black Americans should worry first about Georgia before they worry about Gaza. They should not repeat the mistake of South Africans who are being severely punished by Trump’s Jim Crow America for being the principal fighters for Palestinian cause while Arab regimes are lining up to invest trillions of petrodollars in the same racist America, in addition to arming, funding, and facilitating the genocide of Blacks in the Sudan by Arab tribal militias locally known as Janjaweeds.
Black Americans should also take note that, though no one has fought for Latinos in Trump’s America as aggressively, consistently, and effectively as Ms. Crockett, Latinos overwhelmingly voted for Talarico, if only because he has a Spanish sounding Italian name which would make them feel closer to him. Indeed, blood is thicker than water.
White liberals as well as white wannabe middle easterners have taken Blacks for granted for too long. It is about time Blacks say enough is enough. It is time for Blacks to prove to white liberals that the Democratic party will be reduced to a third-tier party, if not less, without its most loyalist Base, the Black base, everybody else (White, Latino, middle-eastern, Asian etc.) being a fair-weather supporter.
With proper mobilization, Blacks can do whatever they want to do and can be whatever they want to be without any help form anyone, least of all from hypocritical white liberals and white wannabe middle easterners.
“If you have the ability to mobilize Blacks on this planet, there isn’t anything that you couldn’t take, dismantle, destroy or interrupt.” (Katt Wiliams)
Mesfin Arega
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