A Message to Black Republican Men

Hello, fellow Black Man! And hello Black men who are republicans!

Thank you for visiting this blog and for reading beyond this sentence.

Though there are not many of you — only 8–10% of you voted for Trump in 2016 and your votes did not matter to him or to republicans.

I don’t mean that to sound harsh, but it is the truth.

Trump and republicans did not return the favor of your vote, and in fact they’ve taken extra care to be, if possible, more cruel towards Black people than they were before you voted for them.

Some say you vote for republicans because doing so makes you feel special and unique. It reminds you that although 98% of Black women vote Democratic — your mother, sister, aunt, daughter, grandmother, sister, girlfriend, wife, ex-wife, and all the Black women in their lives — you can stand on your own two feet and vote as you like because you will not be influenced by nor care how Black women vote.

As a reminder, Black women are the most loyal democratic voters.

Who are they? They are your doctors, dentists, retail workers, customer service people, bankers and financial advisors, teachers, dentists, bus drivers, lawyers, judges, students, sex-workers, artists, builders, clinical workers, nurses, truck drivers, gardeners, and all the other professionals you encounter throughout your life.

Some say you vote republican out of self-hatred and that it is a natural outcome of growing up Black in America. The messages of hate that are directed to the population also reach us and turn us against ourselves which is then manifest in voting for the party that actively works to harm Black folk — republicans.

And still others say that you are, like a few other republicans, simply conservative, and agree with traditional republican financial policies, anti-abortion stance, closed borders, and family values. You believe in small government, low business taxes, and tough on crime judges and law enforcement. Trump supported all of those, you say, and so you voted for him.