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Black Folks KNOW! [1]

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Date: 2025-04-04

Do white people listen to themselves talk sometimes? Do you realize that Black folks don’t focus only on the words you say, but the choice of words, which ones you stress, and your expressions when talking? The number of people I’ve read/heard saying how Black folks are conned into voting for the democratic party is staggering. Do you realize how insulting that is? Of course you do.

Do you think it was by luck that we got a Black president? When you, couldn’t get a white woman elected? You think the right is the only demographic that has been strategizing for decades to advance their cause? Do you think that VP Harris after only 100 days of campaign got within 2% of doofus by pure happenstance?

The problem with your demographic is you’re always using your measuring stick to measure other demos, you need to stop that. For you stopped evolving right around the civil war (I know it’s harsh but kinda true nonetheless). Look at your sports, arts, politics, etc.. at the over achievers, I’m pretty sure you’ve noticed already that’s also part of this rising white supremacy movement.

And don’t get me wrong, this isn’t about capabilities, it’s about determination and performance, the very system that has kept a boot on our throats, has taken away most of your drive to innovate, create, dare, perform, and grow. You’ve stunted your own growth by trying to impede ours.

The truth is since jobs and positions of authority were, a given for you, you’ve dropped your performance for it was necessary for your success, that is until despite all the obstacles, minorities started popping up everywhere and outperforming you.

One would have thought that this would motivate you to go back to the drawing board, but no you just revived your old practices of putting obstacles in our paths and erasing our history so our achievements would be hidden, and you wouldn’t need to make an effort to compete. But, you’ve gotten used to getting more for doing less and it’s too much effort for you to work for that spot.

We may not have the numbers to win, (you’ve seen to that also), but it is not Black folks that were duped to vote for their own demise, that would be you and other white adjacent demographics.

#ThePoet

Muriel Vieux – April 5th, 2025, ©All rights reserved

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