As the pendulum of change continues to swing across this great nation of ours, we now see that the African American community in America is not the unified group of voters that has helped this country pick great politicians and presidents who were a voice for the working-class men and women in America, as in past years. The new groups of people now taking over the reins of leadership in the Black community are far different from the earlier freedom fighters. These past leaders were developed solely in this country’s churches and schools of higher education. The outstanding leadership of people like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and other godly men and women who fought boldly for social injustice, helping the poor, and positive moral change in past generations are now all gone.
This last election showed that many Americans are now deserting the Democratic party in America. The reason for many leaving the Democrats is the poor leadership qualities of many Democratic politicians and the very bad messaging in the last election. The Democrats had tremendous legislative successes during the Biden presidency but were poorly communicated.
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We sometimes forget that it takes true humility in a leader to know when a leader is not the person going forward in the future, and it is time to relinquish his leadership role to another person. In this last election, Joe Biden should have known that it was his time to quit. The problem was not that Kamala Harris would have done any better, even with more time, because she lost in the worst defeat in recent history, losing both the popular vote and the Electoral College.
Kamala Harris ran a terrible campaign thinking that the likes of Oprah, Cardi B, Beyonce, sports stars, and Barack Obama would be an automatic ticket to the White House. These entertainers, sports athletes, and our ex-president did more to make Kamala Harris lose than help her because they galvanized the other group of voters, and they came out to the polls.
Barack Obama did not deliver a convincing message on why black men should vote for Kamala Harris, and the entertainers Oprah, Cardi B, Beyonce, and many other entertainers were not good role models but only wanted to project their own brand in the media by campaigning and many voters seen through their foolish act. The Black Community must now demand committed, moral, intellectual, and spiritual leaders like in the past and stop relying on these deceitful entertainers and athletes who just want to be on social media, or the Democratic Party will be in very big trouble in future elections.
Melvin Douglas Wilson, Manchester
