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Black Women Saved Themselves This Presidential Election Not Us
On Saturday, Joe Biden become 2020 president elect. As states flipped blue and the votes came in we learned whom really aided in this cause. This was a win largely due to the efforts of marginalized communities across the US.
Now, racially speaking we Black folks came through as evident by projected exit poll data. The one leading demographic overall however was Black women. This was because again they were put in a position to save themselves, not all of us.
Black women voted almost entirely blue at 90%. No other racial or ethnic group can claim this. Sorry fellow Black men but we came in second at 79%. Again, this election result was the culmination of multiple marginalized communities working together. This isn’t to dismiss their work and the strides that were made. Still, the numbers show that the democratic party can thank Black women. A fact noted by our vice president elect during the victory speech as well as social media.
Black women have voted and worked within their communities like this…for decades. We’ve known of this fact for some time now, its has (unfortunately) however become synonymous with everyone saying/thinking “Black women will save us” .
