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”Playing the Tired Old Race Card Right Before Chicago's Mayoral Election"
I am sick and tired of race. I am black, will always be black, but I am an unapologetic, freedom-loving American before any label.
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I am sick and tired of race. I am black, will always be black, but I am an unapologetic, freedom-loving American before any label.
(#ChicagoElection #BrandonJohnson #PaulVallas)
What sickens me — literally — is how weak-minded Chicago politicians fling race at their opponents and voters to score trifling points that do nothing to help lift up my impoverished community on the South Side of Chicago. As we say, that race train is never late.
When mayoral candidate, Brandon Johnson (@BrandonCCD1), declared in a recent debate that this election, or “battle” to use his words, “is about Black labor versus white wealth,” he revealed desperation.
We’re really excited & nervous about getting youth out to the polls to #Vote because after speaking with over 100 teens about voting we’ve seen striking similarities. 1. Barriers to voting like not having bills in their names, $ to get a State ID, having no home address 🧵👇🏾👇🏾👇🏾
It’s beyond difficult to get your social security card & birth certificate when you’re houseless &/or estranged with your family. 2. Where’s the Pop Ed/Political Education for youth? A lot of youth didn’t know about the candidates or their platforms. 🧵👇🏾
But when you bring up the issues like housing, violence prevention, environmental justice etc, youth really care but there’s a disconnect because a lot of them are shocked when you inform them about the ways the Mayor & city council impacts their communities.
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