The Fight for Black Liberation

The first presidency of Donald J. Trump further unveiled the calamity of white America’s determination to maintain societal order during a period of landmark racial upheaval. From the restrictive voting measures led by Republicans and conservatives following the 2020 election, to the death of George...

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Hovedforfatter: Hoston, William T.
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description The first presidency of Donald J. Trump further unveiled the calamity of white America’s determination to maintain societal order during a period of landmark racial upheaval. From the restrictive voting measures led by Republicans and conservatives following the 2020 election, to the death of George P. Floyd Jr. and the subsequent Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020, to the January 6, 2021 insurrection, each racial marker continues to show the endurance and even strengthening of white America’s racist traditions alongside its avowed and always unfulfilled commitments to equality for all. The Fight for Black Liberation: Breaking the Political Strings in the Trump Era presents a political critique of the state of Black America in the Trump era, especially when so many Democratic presidents (including Clinton, Obama and Biden) have done so little for Black Americans even while relying on their votes. The book argues that amid continued structural, institutional, and systemic barriers, Black people in America must establish political independence and demand a Black political agenda to chart a path toward a Black Liberation movement. What has hindered the process of reaching a Black Liberation movement has been the assimilationist loyalty of Black Americans to the false constructs of partisanship and ideology, and this book encourages Black eligible voters, of whatever party or other affiliation, to abstain from the two-party system and become an independent voting bloc only willing to give the Black vote to a chosen party in a free partisan market that best represents Black interests. Otherwise, the Black electorate remain frozen in a two-party system that has been built to serve white interests only, even when claiming otherwise, and no amount of assimilation will make a difference.
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The Fight for Black Liberation
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Righteousness
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