NAACP President and CEO, Derrick Johnson penned an Opinion piece for the New York Times detailing the Black voters’ sentiments as they head to the polls this November, based on a recent poll by the NAACP.
“For anyone paying attention to our community, it was no surprise that black women, one of the nation’s strongest voting blocs, felt disrespected by Mr. Trump at a nearly 90 percent rate. This sense of disrespect was also seen among black men and other groups of color. We found that 70 percent of Latinos and 69 percent of Asians also felt disrespected.
It’s easy to understand where this perception comes from. Many of us believe Mr. Trump has enabled a surge in publicly expressed racism. He ignites our collective memories of Bull Connor standing in the door blocking the entrances to schools with every insult directed toward immigrants, Muslims, or N.F.L. players protesting the killing of unarmed black people.”
Read the rest of the article on The New York Times.
