In 2022, I ran for Congress in a majority-white district. In a crowded Republican primary, I was the only black candidate, and I won outright without a runoff.
Why?
Because Americans are capable of choosing the BEST candidate regardless of race.
As evidenced by your post, just like much of your party, you seem to believe black Americans are politically monolithic.
We’re NOT.
Not every person of color shares your worldview, your policies, or your values.
The recidivism we should actually be avoiding is sliding backward into a system where Americans are once again divided and categorized by race.
That is EXACTLY what racial gerrymandering represents:
Segregating people politically based on skin color while pretending it is moral progress.
It’s bigotry cloaked in false moral outrage, and the American people can see it plainly.
South Carolina, where the first shot of the civil war was fired, where 40 percent of those enslaved came through the Charleston port, is today engaged in an ugly recidivism to draw maps that will deny a Black person the chance to serve in Congress.
The stakes could not be higher.
Our political fight is not on a playground, but a moral battleground.
We must stand for Black representation across the South.