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The abandonment of the Democratic Party [1]

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Date: 2025-03-31

Why are so many leftists, progressives, independents and other far left leftists distancing themselves or outright abandoning the Democratic party? If you simply glance at the current representation of the Democratic Party, your answer is staring, you right in the face.

If you look at most of the non-right media out there, it’s becoming harder to distinguish them from the right-wing media, not only are most of them straight and white, but their talking points also seem to be watered down versions of the rights talking points.

Abandoning the Democratic Party is not an issue of policies, but an issue of representation, many feel that the Democratic Party has become “too diverse” or as I put it, it too closely resembles our current population. Just look at those preaching distancing themselves or outright forming another party, they are mostly white, white adjacent or power hungry.

I’ll never forget the sentence uttered by an acquaintance of mine, who is a democrat the day after we lost the elections. With glee, this person who claims not to be racist told me “Well Black women won’t be able to say they are the base of the democratic party anymore! They lost! They didn’t have the numbers!”, it was the snickering smile that did it for me. (Yes, I know that’s not what the base means).

As Black folks are stepping away and letting white people handle their own mess for once, it should be noted and remembered that not a small portion of whites view this as some sort of victory, and that the calls for the Democratic party to step up and “do something” is a form of crowing and self-congratulations. Notice that those they are naming by name… are Black folks.

Every time you think you have found all the ways racism is expressed in this country, another layer is exposed. And to other minorities I will say this, no matter how white you look or think you look, they themselves see you as just another group of minorities; they do not see you as part of them or as worthy of the name “American”. You are an oddity, you are an abnormality so when you align yourselves with them, remember that only works as long as they can still use you.

The composition of the Democratic Party reflects the population of the US, and you only have to look at how they treat that population to know why they are distancing themselves from the People’s Party. Right wingers are not the only ones waging a war against Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

#ThePoet

Muriel Vieux – March 31st, 2025, ©All rights reserved

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