Black Men Aren't Leaving The Democratic Party. The Democrats Left Us | Opinion via NEWSWEEK

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In a Saturday morning interview with MSNBC, Democrat nominee for governor Stacey Abrams tested out the narrative. When asked about her poll numbers at the end of a lackluster campaign in Georgia, Abrams chose to blame... Black men: for being too dumb, too ignorant, and just not sharp enough to see through so called "disinformation."

"Unfortunately, this year, Black men have been a very targeted population for misinformation," Abrams said. "Not misinformation about what they want but about why they want what they deserve."

As one of those Black men, I'd like to pose a few questions to the woman vying to be the governor of my home state:

Is it misinformation that inflation, according to government statistics, is at a record high?

Is it misinformation that while the cost of consumer goods has risen, according to the Washington Post, wages have failed to keep up?

Is it misinformation that in urban cities across America, it has become a game of Russian Roulette every single time you step out of your door as to whether or not you'll return home alive and unharmed?

The reality is that none of these things are misinformation, so much so that even the liberal corporate media can no longer choose to ignore them.

As to Abrams' point that Black men are confused about what they deserve, I take particular offense to that. Do Black men not deserve to live in safe communities? Do Black men not deserve affordable consumer goods? Do Black men not deserve the respect of progressive politicians, whom up until recently, they supported nearly unequivocally and almost always without challenge?

Let me answer those questions: Yes. Yes, yes, yes.

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