Civic Cipher 010822 Why do Black People Vote Democrat?

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to get their loyalty. We're also going to talk about unfair prison sentencing and a whole host of other things to come. But first and foremost, like we always do with this time, let's get into some ebony excellence, shall we? I do believe we shall, sir, So I like this one. Rico Oxendine, who was an entrepreneur and financial literacy advocate in Pennsylvania, has made building generational wealth and closing the

racial wealth gap core pillars of his existence. He began with his daughter, Amia I believe Oxenden, who's twelve years old, by selling candy at local events, barbershops, and hair salon's using a wagon, and as their candy selling business grew, they went from pulling wagons to using their own vending machines. This story made national news, you know about teaching our children financial literacy and independence, and of course I wanted to share this on this stage because you know, hats

off to him. This is an example of Ebony excellence. Let's see. In December twenty nineteen, Oxenden gifted his daughter her own vending machine, and unfortunately the pandemic ensued. But the good news was that, you know, things have turned around. They put it in in a senior citizen's home and now that you know the pandemic isn't as gripping as it once was, they're actually making money. So I'll read

this quick quote. It says I never thought I would buy a machine, just wanted to learn how to make money myself and with my child. Oxendine said says anyone with the right mindset to create passive income can be successful. He says individuals must first have a desire to build wealth through entrepreneurship. Second, they have to build relationships with

other entrepreneurs and businesses to leverage their assets. In Oxendine's case, he was able to place his vending machines in the barbershops and hair salons he once sold candy to out of his wagon. Third, the would be entrepreneurs must learn how to perfect their craft. Oxenden learned about vending machines and understood maintenance costs. Lastly, parked your money in stocks on in best accounts. Oxen Dene believes in order to close the racial wealth gap and build wealth, African Americans

must learn to overcome a poverty mindset. So what his daughter's name is, Amaya a Maya. That's it perfect? Thank you for that. But yeah, a little bit of ebony excellence for you, and uh, it's time to move on. So if you're African American, could you tell me anything whatsoever the Democratic Party has done for Black people in the last twenty years. So most of what I'm gonna read here comes from a writer named Kean Charles, Right, but before we get into that, your your initial thoughts Q.

We can spend a lot of time saying that they've done nothing and this kind of blind loyalty might not be earned. However, we've been kind of given this choice between two parties and those are the only choices we like to be more hopeful. And you know, these libertarians and independence and all this stuff, they have no shot.

That's why they never win. And I hate to say that with such absolute confidence, but tell me the last time that someone that was a Democrat or Republican one and I'll sit here and wait for the hundred years it takes you to find someone. And of course I'm exaggerating, it wouldn't take you that long. Pull out of Wikipedia or an encyclopedia or a Google exist, you'll see that.

You know, especially in our in our lifetime, you know, the Democrats or the Republicans win, and you're kind of giving the choice sometimes unfortunately the lesser of two evils. When you have one party that's saying, hey, everybody, go vote, and you have another party saying, well, not everybody, it kind of makes your choice for you, even if the specific candidate isn't blowing you away. So those are my

initial thoughts. I know we have more nuanced, more contacts, more information, but you know, in my lifetime as an adult voter, there's only been one time where I've been excessively proud and excited about my candidate. I think everyone knows who I'm talking about. I do, yes, him, Yes, whoever came to mind first him. Other than that, it's been okay, I know what I don't want. Yeah, neither of you are. Neither of you are what I absolutely want.

But I can't have that. And you know, whoever you think I'm talking about now, you're probably right on that one too.

then I'll save my my my thoughts until afterward. So to me, all right, So this is what he writes, says, I'll let you in on a closely guarded secret, something that we African Americans don't share with outsiders. Are you ready lean in for this one? African Americans don't like the Democratic Party. Mind blowing right, How shooketh are the Your surprise is understandable. After all, this is a secret in the black community. We don't talk about this with outsiders.

Except for all the articles and books and Twitter posts and protests and graffiti scrawls that bemoan the Democratic Party, stretching back at least to the nineteen sixties, produced by everyone from black liberals to Black conservatives to Black revolutionaries. Let me say again, but this time without the silliness. African Americans don't like the Democratic Party, but we like real politic. There is a saying that came out of the early Congressional Black Caucus. Quote. Black people have no

permanent friends, no permanent enemies, just permanent interests. In this two party state we live in, the only options are between the GOP and Democrats. Democrats, for all their many, many flaws, flaws that Black people bring up regularly and with exasperation, still fulfill Black interest more than the GOP, so they get more votes from us. You might ask, what is so wrong with the GOP? All right, so I'm going to stop there. I do want to finish that.

But I think that points us in a largely similar direction to the one that you were taking us in with your thoughts right now. Again, the two party system, it forces really the vast majority of people to choose between the lesser of two evils. There is no precision

in a two party system. I get that it has to be some for simplicity's sake, you know, to get everybody either doing this or doing that, talking hundreds of millions of people, we have to have some basic philosophy, some base code language for our government, and a two party system is just easier to implement in mass when the country is this large. But when you look at not just black people, but the vast majority of minorities, we tend to vote more democratic and be overwhelmingly more

liberal in our beliefs. In fact, the country is overwhelmingly liberal, but most people in the country are unable to vote, or most people that you would poll. The reason why the numbers don't reflect that in elections is a lot of people are not able to vote. A lot of people are either too young or you know, there's other issues there, and the biggest issue is that liberal minded people don't turn up in elections to the same degree

that conservative minded people do. Conservative minded folks it is their duty to vote. They would not miss it. Liberal folks tend to be just that kind of liberally. You know, it'll work itself out, you know, throw up a shaka like as they do in Hawaii. So this is part of the reason why on the democratic sides of things, it's okay to just say vote, because as long as

you get to the poll. The idea I believe behind it is that the more people vote, the more the poll numbers will reflect the the the rather the liberal

philosophy that is more prevalent in society. And the reason why, in my belief concernervative minded folks don't really love the idea of everyone turning out to vote is because it goes against their specific agenda, not the agenda of hey, let's have a free and fair democracy where everyone votes and we put the right people in to reflect the attitudes and beliefs and philosophies of the people in this country.

But no, rather, let's get less people out there because we know our base votes more at a higher percentage rate rather, and then we can continue to have power and shape the country according to our beliefs, even though the majority of people don't share these beliefs with us. So I think that when you take into account how a two party system manifests results in a society like as complicated as this one, we're going to have issues

like what Charles is pointing out. You know, black people don't necessarily I'm softening his words, you know, I know that. But black people don't necessarily like the Democrats. But when you have to choose between the lesser of two evils, the Democrats are certainly that when it comes to a lot of fundamental beliefs. Right now, for me, that is one hundred percent true. I believe in basic human principles, sharing, helping my fellow man. I shared a video with you,

maybe I don't know, just before we started recording. Right now, hear me on this, you're listening. But Q and I we shared a video on the text I sent it over to them. I just want to paint this picture for you. In this video, there was a family living in Panama or someplace like that. You know, you may not be familiar, but there are lots of folks that lived near garbage dumps and they recycle from the garbage

dumps to make money to feed themselves. They live in houses that they built out of the garbage and they live there in the landfills. Right, a woman and her children, her house caught on fire, burned down, whatever. Some volunteer folks were down there helping out. Caught winto this story. Did a gofund me or raise some money for this family who raised, you know, thirty thousand dollars something like that, were able to buy this woman a real house, put toys in it for her children, do all this sort

of stuff. This kind of I mean, Q and I lived a story like this once upon a time where we helped the homeless woman out on the streets where we where we live, and it went viral, and you know, there was a little girl involved named Neyla, and you know, we were able to help make a difference in the life of this little girl and her mother. So this is kind of a story right up our alley. There's some people that look at that and say, yeah, totally,

we should give money to people that need it. If people whose circumstances perhaps weren't as advantageous as our own, we should share. We should you know, as long as I have enough, then I have. And the next thing that I get is I'm able to give away. Right, there's people that have that as a base belief for themselves. I'm one of those people. I don't need more than I have, and I certainly don't need more than I need. You know what I mean, what do I do with

more than what I can do something with? I know that doesn't really make a lot of sense, but think about what I'm trying to say. If I have more than I can use, then what's the point of having it? You know? And for those of us who have ever felt how gratifying and fulfilling it is to provide something for someone who can never pay us back, to give it freely and wish that person well on their journey, that's a fulfillment that you can never buy for yourself.

It only comes through giving. And science has actually proven that I don't have time to go in that direction, but that's actually fact based on the human condition. So with that said, I believe that those ideas and those beliefs are more in line with the Democratic Party's fundamental doctrine than that of the Republican Party's doctrine. Right. You know, we might talk about black conservatives black Republicans. A lot

of times. Black Republicans are that way because they've achieved some success and they are enjoying the money, or they think they're enjoying the money. They want to keep more of it for themselves. And if that is your priority in your life, everything else becomes less significant. Doesn't matter how you feel about abortion or it doesn't matter, none of those things matter. You know, you might not be the you know, a gun totin Middle American blah blah blah.

But if you want to keep your hand on your money, well, this political party, their belief system is that you should keep more of your money and you should not pay into a common fund that helps kind of raise the water level for all the ships in the ocean. As a metaphor, and for me, I'm a human being before anything else. I've achieved a great amount of success. I have no problem sharing it, not a bit. What am I going to do with it? You know, I don't

need more rolexes or whatever. I forgive me if that's vulgar. But you get what I'm trying to say. You just don't need six or eight of these things. There's a lot of people whould disagree, but I just know that for me that's not the case. And so I find that my beliefs are more in line with the Democratic Party in that way. Now, you could take a bunch of ideas that Democrats champion, you know, climate change, you know, and you know, a woman's right to choose, and you know,

on and on. The list goes on, and for the most part, all of them, I can see the human component in there. It's not numbers, it's not dollars and cents, it's not black and white. I try to feel what is the intention here? What's the goal here? You know? Is it every man for himself, you know? Or is it, hey, we're going to get through this together. And again, I'm not knocking anyone with conservative beliefs. I'm just not one

of those people. You know, there's a law of the jungle that's eat or be eaten, and then there's another law of the jungle that says live and let live. I'm one of the live and let live people, right. I find that a lot of minorities at people. You know, we don't eat each other. You know a lot of people are of that same persuasion, live and let live. For some reason, there's a pride associated with being Republican that is almost like I'm proud to be this mean person,

this hard nosed, hardline gun. Totally like, what do you need a gun for? The only purpose of a gun is to end the life of a living creature. That is the only purpose, the only designation. And if you think of a gun, what side is it typically associated with? The Republican side. Now I will finish, and then I want to get some more thoughts from you. Q. So Charles goes on on the best days when stars align just right, this is the best outreach the GOP can

offer African Americans. Quote what do you have to lose?

What do you have to lose? No platform information, no specific policies, not even a dream, just a dare. It's basically like saying, what's the worst that could happen? And that's the GOP's best pitch. That's what happens when their third eye opens and the music speak through them. The average GOP pitch GOP, for those that don't know, stands for Grand Old and it's a term associated with Republicans.

The average GOP pitch is to insult African American history and circumstances, insult Black culture, and call them slaves for voting Democratic i e. The Democratic Plantation, enforce policies that African Americans regularly oppose, and then ask why won't you vote for us? On the one hand, the GOP promised to crack down on BLM protests and suppress Black votes, but on the other they also called me a slave

for voting against them. Oh, decisions, decisions, It's what I've come to call the quote, Hey, stupid, vote for me end quote strategy. The GOP and libertarians to a lesser extent, love this strategy. It's an extremely effective strategy if your goal is to make an enemy for life, not so much if you want to make friends.

you know, Unfortunately, when given one of two choices. It gives both sides a lot of latitude. I think you said earlier. They're just not very precise because they don't have to be right, they don't have to speak to the needs of this very diverse population. They kind of ride in the extremes, and the GOP does a better job at writing on their extremes. So the people who subscribe to that, they subscribe to it wholeheartedly. So that's why you don't see them screaming for people to come

out to the post. Their people are coming because they love what they're selling. Over there. You don't see a lot of people that are Republicans screaming for bipartisanship. They don't care. They want to do what they want to do. And that's why a lot of people start to call the Democratic Party week because they're trying so hard to meet them in the middle, and at some point you have to question, why are we meeting them in the middle.

A lot of their policies, the things that they practice, preach and believe, they should be extremely against what you think. But you know, we want to sing Kumaya and we are the world and hold hands and kind of meet this party in the middle. That has no desire to do the same thing. And as with any relationship, we

both have to want this. If one of us wants this and the other one wants this, that gap still exists, right, And I guess you feel like it's less wide, and you can say I gave it the good old try. But it's the lack of commitment to some of these promises that they make during their campaigns that kind of have some people just say, you know what, I'm not going to vote at all. People are starting to become apathetic to the entire system because they don't see results

and they don't feel heard or cared about. So it's it's fishy, man. But like we've both kind of said, and like this author said, when given the choice of choose one of two evils, we go with the lesser one that doesn't want us to be eradicated. That doesn't make that hasn't made it clear that they absolutely don't care about us. Well, even if they haven't gone as far to show us that they really really support us either.