the playing field isn't level yet- white households headed by a high school drop out 3x wealthier than black households headed by a college grad

[fabulouslyghetto]

It's an indication of how much progress was lost since Chisholm.

Another irony: her successor was Geraldine Ferraro, the first female top-of-ticket candidate from a major political party. Thirty years later and we still haven't had a female President or Vice-President and while we have several women of color in Congress, we've never had a year like 2018 where there are so many really good female candidates and particularly female candidates from diverse backgrounds.

Not to derail but the lack of LGBT in politics is also pretty staggering, and that's if we include the Auntie Toms who don't think we deserve equal treatment under the law.

 

[KaraBulut]

Not to derail but the lack of LGBT in politics is also pretty staggering, and that's if we include the Auntie Toms who don't think we deserve equal treatment under the law.

Elaborate.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

Elaborate.

LGBT are just as invisible in politics, some of the ones that are involved don't count cuz they're sellouts, not to point fingers but mostly the self-loathing and usually closeted queens of the republican party who sold us out. even with obama [palin and clinton] changing the face of the POTUS ticket to include minorities doesn't give me super-duper hope that we'll see a gay or trans candidate let alone POTUS any time soon. But here's hoping.

 

[ballcaphair]

This is a learning moment for me.

 

[fabulouslyghetto]

This is a learning moment for me.

I hope others are taking note. Aside from you and a few others, the general response to black America's plight is "Meh, you'll be aight."