The Deification of the Older Black Voter

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The Deification of the Older Black Voter
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Joe Biden is surging. Following a blowout win in the South Carolina primary, the former Vice President has received a much needed Super Tuesday boost in states like Virginia and Texas, where he and frontrunner Bernie Sanders were virtually tied. In California, where Sanders still leads, polling average aggregator FiveThirtyEight reported that Biden went from having 13 percent of the vote on February 29 to 21 percent of the vote as of March 3, after endorsements from Congressman Jim Clyburn and former primary challengers Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar, and Beto O’Rourke.\n

, “I’ve heard black voters particularly in the South be described as low information, the billionaire class, the establishment, etc. My momma ain’t one of them. She just trust Biden more than Bernie.

Sometimes—perhaps often—our needs will converge, but there will be times when our elders will not match our sense of urgency, will not match our sense of imagination, and will not be there for us.“All the focus on not disrespecting elderly Black voters in the South is a way to avoid discussion of why we need sweeping reform, by framing the conversation around how folks personally feel about Biden & Sanders [and] deflecting from examining how moderate Dems undermine progress,” she.

My dad voted early for Joe Biden in California. When I told him that I was disappointed by his vote, especially considering the fact that Biden doesn’t support Medicare for All, my dad was surprised. He had no idea Biden wasn’t on board with Medicare for All.I regret not talking his ear off earlier, or as much as I talked about this tedious political nonsense with my mom: After months of consideration, she decided to vote for Bernie Sanders.I respect black elders, but I refuse to deify them.

It’s fun to joke about how black people—notably, black women—can so easily play the “I told ya so” game. On the

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