The Pivotal Issue in the 2024 Presidential Election IS Racism
I am convinced that (in general), former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, the Late Thomas “tip” O’neill was correct regarding a phrase that he popularized, e.g., “all politics is local.” Yet, we should pay close attention to the developing 2024 Presidential Election campaign — not necessarily because there are viable choices. As it relates to the likelihood of adequately or fully addressing long-standing, festering issues and problems faced by the vast majority of Black folks in this thoroughly racist, white-supremacist-based nation-state, I really haven’t seen any viable choices.
A reason why we should pay close attention is because it is becoming crystal-clear that race, and more specifically, individual, institutional, and structural racism will be THE pivotal issue in the election (much more so than usual). And because this is true, it will be brought into sharp focus that the great, Late Malik El Shabazz was absolutely correct 60 years ago when he warned us that the top leadership of neither of the two historically racist, mainstream, major political parties have our best interests at heart. 1 They never have, and still don’t. Instead, as Brother Malcolm had noted, they are two sides of the very same racist coin, which is comparable to the political “wolf and fox.” 2