One Black Woman's Vote 2021-2024
An archive of political posts from a proud Liberal, 92% for Kamala Harris and two-time Election Judge
The following posts were in my former Substack publication “One Black Woman’s Vote” that is now in “I Do See Color.” For OBWV posts from 2026, click here. For OBWV posts from 2025, click here. New OBWV posts will be published on the last Wednesday of each month.
The larger problem with Elon Musk's pro-immigration and Trump's moody immigration support
Original Publication Date: December 30, 2024
That time I was mistaken as Nigerian during a job interview gave me a firsthand look at how poorly immigrants can be treated while working in America.
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Two black women make history as first U.S. Senators serving simultaneously
Original Publication Date: November 22, 2024
2024 presidential election wasn't totally on the wrong side of history. Lisa Blunt and Angela Alsobrooks won as the fourth and fifth black women senators.
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Have you checked out Trinity's “Five Minutes”? You should!
Racism, sexism, idiocy wins with Trump
Original Publication Date: November 6, 2024
But I still thank Vice President Kamala Harris and the Blue Wall for trying to save America from its bigoted past. Trump and Project 2025 will hurt the nation.
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Election Judge perspective: Counting ballots by hand is insane to do in 2024
Original Publication Date: September 25, 2024
What it's really like for Election Judges on Election Night (in Chicago) and the massive work to be done makes counting votes by hand in Georgia even dumber.
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VP Kamala Harris owning a gun does not make her 'Conservative Lite'
Original Publication Date: September 13, 2024
Black women who are gun owners can still be Democrats and Liberals, regardless of what Christiana "Professional Hater" Mbakwe Medina thinks.
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Do not turn the presidential campaign into Spike Lee's 'School Daze'
Original Publication Date: September 7, 2024
This is why I disagree with Trevor Noah's friend and co-host Christiana Mbakwe Medina, who complained about Kamala Harris "silk press" and lighter complexion as opposed to her politics.
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FLOTUS Michelle Obama threw more 'shots' at the 2024 DNC than LMFAO
Original Publication Date: August 20, 2024
FLOTUS Michelle Obama may have lost me with "Becoming," but she won me over again with her anti-racism, anti-sexism, anti-political coddling DNC speech.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pays tribute to Shirley Chisholm
Original Publication Date: August 19, 2024
Highlights from Democratic National Convention: Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pays homage to first black woman to run for president Shirley Chisholm.
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Ann Coulter, never weigh in on 'foundational blacks' nor Kamala's ancestry
Original Publication Date: August 13, 2024
All the phrase "foundational blacks" does is pit black people against each other. And now white women conservatives are weaponizing it against VP Kamala Harris.
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Mecca's one-man verbal fight in 'My Expert Opinion' is depressing
Original Publication Date: August 13, 2024
Both fans and foes are beyond belief at Trump-supporting black men in Math Hoffa's podcast. Mecca was the only one who knew about Back on Track and Project 2025.
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Video: President Joe Biden commemorates the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act
Original Publication Date: July 30, 2024
While mainstream news harps on one debate, two more speeches from Biden are conveniently being overlooked from the NAACP and in honor of the Civil Rights Act.
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Highlights from President Joe Biden's NAACP National Convention Speech
Original Publication Date: July 16, 2024
The 46th president speaks on "black" jobs, HBCUs, unemployment, business startups, Affordable Care Act, George Floyd, Officer Eugene Goodman and more
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Biden's stutter excessively reported, Trump's nonstop lies during debate underreported
Original Publication Date: July 1, 2024
Journalists should focus on Trump's lies about veterans, Gaza, Ukraine, Russia, economy and unemployment, but they're treating Biden like he's a Toastmaster.
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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's football example doesn't help me understand her vote to throw out one charge against Capitol rioter
Original Publication Date: June 30, 2024
Why is §1512(c)(2) so significant when it comes to Trump's immunity case with the Supreme Court? And why does Joseph Fischer's thrown-out charge matter?
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Does anybody hate women more than Justice Clarence Thomas?
Original Publication Date: June 25, 2024
If you know what Zackey Rahimi did, then Justice Clarence Thomas "yes" vote for domestic violence abusers to own guns makes even less sense.
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Supreme Court Justice Alito should recuse himself for 'Stop the Steal' flag stunt
Original Publication Date: May 18, 2024
Justice Alito's upside-down flag is a conflict of interest in presidential immunity Supreme Court hearing. Like jurors and attorneys, Alito should recuse himself.
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If you're not a black woman, don't tell us how to vote!
Publication Date: May 17, 2024
Black women don't need a voter poll. We live in women's bodies and black bodies all day long and have voted for Democrats (Clinton, Biden, Obama) by 90% to 96%.
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Don't clutch your pearls through Stormy Daniels' testimony if you didn't do so from Trump's bus ride
Original Publication Date: May 8, 2024
Trump's attorneys claim the adult film star's testimony proves a mistrial. But if Trump's 2005 "Access Hollywood" bus ride is locker room talk, Stormy can talk too.
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10 of the most curious quotes from 'Unfit: The Psychology of Donald Trump'
Original Publication Date: April 27, 2024
The 2020 documentary that every voter should watch before the November 2024 elections, including quotes from John Gartner, Ph.D. and Justin Frank, M.D.
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Senate passes $95 billion foreign aid package, but my concern is Palestinians
Original Publication Date: April 24, 2024
Marjorie Taylor Greene vs House Speaker Mike Johnson isn't the biggest story for one African-American voter. Chicago's homelessness, poverty and Palestine is.
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Stop telling Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire
Original Publication Date: April 6, 2024
Short-term memories have voters blaming Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg instead of 11-month GOP block against Merrick Garland when Obama was the president.
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Biden releases action plan to improve funding for minority students, reduce recidivism
Original Publication Date: March 29, 2024
Biden's executive order for the "Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through The Federal Government” plan for black students
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Jigaboo, bugaboo: Neither word was necessary to describe taxes
Original Publication Date: March 23, 2024
Did Democrat Rep. David Trone (Maryland) have a Freudian slip? While talking to Biden’s Office of Budget and Management director Shalanda Young, he used a slur.
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My mail-in ballot is lost in the mail
Original Publication Date: March 12, 2024
Voters Bruce Bartman, Terri Lynn Rote and Crystal Mason got probation, fines and prison time. What should mail-in voters do when ballot is stolen from a mailbox?
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Charlamagne tha Oblivious God is turning The Breakfast Club into FOX News
Original Publication Date: February 28, 2024
Jess the Mess can't fix The Breakfast Club. With increasing conservative banter from Lenard "Charlamagne tha God" McKelvey, black Republicans and Trump love him.
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Alabama Supreme Court needed to watch 'Look Who's Talking Too' before IVF ruling
Original Publication Date: February 22, 2024
Pro-abortion women can agree with the couple suing the Alabama clinic for destroying embryos while still supporting a woman's right to choose.
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No African-American nor woman running mate could make me vote for Trump
Original Publication Date: February 7, 2024
Did Trump's camp learn nothing from Herschel Walker and Rev. Raphael Warnock in the Georgia election? The black vote doesn't mean we vote for everyone black.
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Will the menthol cigarette ban make Biden lose black voters?
Original Publication Date: January 29, 2024
With cigarettes linked to 80%-90% of lung cancer deaths, menthol ban is needed in black community even if that means President Joe Biden angers black smokers.
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Affirmative Action ban now leads to redistricting challenges for black voters
Original Publication Date: January 6, 2024
Voting Rights Act of 1965: After the Supreme Court outlawed Affirmative Action, redlining and redistricting are Louisiana and Georgia Republicans' new focus.
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What is participatory budgeting, and why does it matter?
Original Publication Date: December 11, 2023
While Maria Hadden takes selfies on Instagram, Chicago's Ward 49's former Alderman Joe Moore allowed residents to spend $1.3 million budget. How does this help Chicago voters?
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A fair one between senators could recreate disturbing past with Congress
Original Publication Date: November 15, 2023
Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin fighting Sean O’Brien is less funny when thinking of Congress fight with Sen. Charles Sumner and House Rep. Preston Brooks.
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Megaphones get you expelled from Congress, moving your mouth doesn't
Original Publication Date: April 8, 2023
Rep. Justin Jones and Rep. Justin Pearson, of Tennessee House of Representatives, were expelled but Rep. Gloria Johnson wasn't is because of racism, not a megaphone.
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The wildest tale of Putin is from Navalny, not Donald Trump
Original Publication Date: July 27, 2021
While Donald Trump may not want to get on Vladimir Putin's bad side, Alexey Navalny proves what happens when you do. Poison underwear, repeat arrests, etc.
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How being an election judge made me appreciate politics more
Original Publication Date: December 31, 2019
Confronting a black teenage boy made this Election Judge reevaluate political parties, the black vote, the Democratic vote and why activism matters.
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ABOUT ONE BLACK WOMAN’S VOTE:
How did this publication “One Black Woman’s Vote” come about?
I’ve been an Election Judge twice (the third time I withdrew my name because of the COVID-19 outbreak) and a Key Judge. I’ve worked for two traditional print newspapers, completed contract work with one mainstream broadcasting station, and worked here and there with a few online news platforms that came and went. I’ve always been into politics, including following political canvassers around to see how their job is done.
So it rattles my cage a little when someone says, “Our vote doesn’t matter” or “They don’t do nothing for black people.” It wears on my patience when people who don’t vote complain about politics. It’s always someone who never votes in local elections, doesn’t have a clue who their mayor or governor is, and wants the president to be their Fairy Godfather or Aladdin’s (less creepy-looking version of Will Smith) Genie.
I can’t force people to vote in any election. But what I can do is highlight why I will continue to vote in every election since I was, as my mother nicknamed me, “Ms. Malcolm X” on a college campus. Being quiet about inequality does not happen with me.
I have very strong opinions on politics and activism. Majority of the time, I “bleed blue.” That still hasn’t stopped me from voting for a Republican before and being a Republican Election Judge. (It was my only option to participate in Chicago’s left-leaning city.) It hasn’t stopped me from voting Independent. And it hasn’t stopped me from voting Green Party. Do I vote Democrat/Liberal most of the time? About as much as I eat vegetarian food! In other words, 99% of the time.
I vote for the person who I think aligns with the issues I care about the most. And I really think after all those jelly bean counts, Civil Rights fights, and the 15th and 19th amendments, the very least all my skinfolk can do is stand in a line for a day to vote.
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