Wait?
Lets get something straight….
The writer of the piece in the NY Times IS trying to sell something that misses a BASIC….
He may have heard protestors asking g for more and MORE…..
But?
They ain’t getting ANYTHING MORE unless come November they…
VOTE…
Gathering in large crowds to protest police actions ain’t gonna do anything unless they….
VOTE….
Some people tearing up their neiberhood of others ain’t gonna do anything unless they…
VOTE…
Complaining about getting rid of Donald Trump, cops, or the white man ain’t gonna do anything unless they….
VOTE…
Like it or NOT?
Ole’ White Guy Joe Biden is the best chance to change things…
The NY Times piece, as a lot of pundit piece ‘s since Joe Biden beat Bernie Sanders is a quiet effort to get Joe Biden to embrace Bernie Sanders agenda of Robin Hood, talking form the rich to give free stuff to the poor and didn’t work among voting Democrats in the primaries and won’t work even for Democrats if Joe Biden. becomes President…
Bernie Sanders LOST….
Stop trying to get over with him…
Those out walking in the streets to express their outrage at things in America 3 1/2 years after 8 years of Barack Obama need to come out in November and VOTE FOR Obama’s wingman…
THAT will put into office a man that WILL listen to the protesters cries for help and justice…Will listen to Bernie Sanders push for change…Will be on the little guy/gals side in a effort to put back our economy and help governors with your health…Not fight against them…
Everyday?
The actions of Republicans and Trump should double down efforts to VOTE to remove them from office and influence …
A failure to do this will have the protestors end up with absolutely NOTHING other that Trump & Co. winning AGAIN and taking more from you and me ….
“If you want change in America, go and register to vote,” said Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta, but interviews with activists and leading Democratic figures including Stacey Abrams of Georgia, the longtime civil rights leader and former presidential candidate Jesse Jackson, and Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, flipped that typical framework: If Democrats want people to vote, party leaders need to listen to why people are angry.
Ms. Abrams described the events of the past week as what happens when people are desperate for “their pain to be validated.”
“You cannot motivate someone to a behavior that they don’t believe will actually bring change,” she said. “We have to start by saying what you feel and what you fear is real.”
As he seeks to win the White House for the Democrats, the party that is the political home of most black Americans, Mr. Biden has attempted to strike this balance. He made clear that he has spoken to Mr. Floyd’s family. “We are a nation enraged, but we cannot allow our rage to consume us,” he said in a statement released early Sunday morning. “We are a nation exhausted, but we will not allow our exhaustion to defeat us.”
“The very soul of America is at stake,” he said, tying the tension between the police and black communities to removing President Trump from the White House.
The moment may still test Mr. Biden’s priorities, as a weary black electorate desires far greater change than the promise of a return to normalcy that has fueled his campaign. Energizing those voters, activists and elected leaders say, means addressing their demands for change and the realities of racism. But the former vice president, one of the Senate architects of the modern criminal justice system, cannot confront racism without addressing systemic inequalities, and he cannot address systemic inequalities by simply returning to a pre-Trump America.
“Our needs aren’t moderate,” Mr. Jackson said in a recent interview. “The absence of Trump is not enough.”
Mr. Biden’s win in South Carolina was a turning point for his once-flailing campaign. His support came from across all demographics, but his particular strength was older black voters — people who said the community’s familiarity with and trust of Mr. Biden, combined with his perceived ability to beat Mr. Trump, earned their backing.
To win in November, and to deliver on his promise of American unity, Mr. Biden is likely to need more than the coalition that brought him his primary victory. And to engage younger voters, he’ll need to offer more than the promise of ousting Mr. Trump as an answer to current despair.
On the policy front, a task force with criminal justice experts that supported Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont has already been convened. Mr. Biden recently released a “Plan for Black America,”covering economic inequality and voting rights. Mr. Jackson, who supported Mr. Sanders in the primary, said Mr. Biden is “a consensus builder” and, if surrounded by the right people, the quality should serve him well.
But Mr. Biden also must minimize mistakes, said Mayor Stephen Benjamin of Columbia, alluding to the recent controversy in which Mr. Biden apologized after saying “you ain’t black” to black people uncertain whether to support him or Mr. Trump.
“The greatest asset that every candidate has, for better or for worse, is authenticity,” Mr. Benjamin said. He views authenticity as a prerequisite to leveling with people who are used to being disappointed. “I do believe, that if the vice president is authentically Joe, a legitimately good man who cares, I think people will gravitate to that authenticity.”….