JAMES CARVILLE
(TriceEdneyWire.com)—I admit I once voted for a Republican—Nelson Rockefeller! Now there are less than a handful I would even consider. I’m a confirmed Democrat! While recognizing the faults of Democrats from years ago, today they’re a major improvement over what they once were.
I want to talk about my own Party. I like James Carville who is my homey from Louisiana, but when I hear him talk bad about women Democrats who speak their mind, I don’t like him! Of all the people Democrats need to be talking about negatively, it’s not Cong. Ilhan Omar and others I will name. All the men of any color who say negative things about women of color, you need to get your head on straight.
Every day, many Black women find themselves making a way out of no way for all people. When we vote, even if it’s for the lesser of two evils, we do it because we know that every vote matters. Fortunately, we have some of the greatest Black women in the world fighting for us, and when I look back on the 2024 Presidential election, I can’t help but be disappointed and angry thinking about all the people of all classifications who didn’t vote for the Hon. Kamala Harris simply because she’s a woman—and not to mention those who didn’t vote for her because she is both Black and a woman! Look at what they caused us to have trying to run the world with no knowledge of how to do it, no sense of right or wrong, no respect for vulnerable human beings, and with so many deficiencies, it’s shameful he’s in the White House.
While I blame all the men who didn’t vote for Kamala, I have previously called out those White sisters who dropped the ball. I blame them, too, for the burdens we women bear for the loss and inability to gain any rights, but this article is about the men who didn’t vote for Kamala, allowing our nation to be in the unenviable space we find ourselves today. Too many of our people are suffering because too many men told themselves, “I don’t want no woman telling me what to do,” and I pray that they have come to their senses for the next time we have a woman on the ballot. Yet, it frightens me that many Democratic men are still dissatisfied with brilliant women of color who again are standing up for all people at great risk.
It’s true what Malcolm X said long ago. He said, “The Black woman is the most disrespected, most unprotected, most neglected person in America.” That was true when Malcolm was among us, and it’s still true today.
I’ve lost hope in the current Republican men, with few exceptions, but to men who are Democrats of all color, I urge you to be more supportive of women in or running for public office—especially women of color. Every time somebody says something negative about Cong. Ilhan Omar, Cong. Rashida Talib, Cong. Jasmine Crockett, Cong. Ayanna Presley, Cong. Pramila Jayapal, Cong. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, Cong. Shontel Brown, Cong. LaMonica McIver, Senator Lisa Blount Rochester, Senator Angela Alsobrook and other women of color, please get them straight. I called the names of these women because they’re now standing up without fear for what this nation professes to be.
To every Democratic leader, stop criticizing those in our Party who are doing their best to make a difference for all of us. It’s time for you to stand up with a plan, speak up and act without fear in support of the women I’ve mentioned. Thank you to the men and women of all colors who’re already doing that.
(Dr. E. Faye Williams is President of The Dick Gregory Society)
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