They’re not helping

As a Black woman I must address the false claim by Republicans that they are helping Black Americans. I believe since the 1960s the Republican Party has been a detriment toward the progress of Black American citizens.

It has been by “hook or crook” or, specifically, lies and deceit that Republicans and particularly this president have been a deterrent to the cultural, academic, and economic growth of Black Americans. Today, we see modern-day McCarthyism under the guise of QAnon conspiracies. QAnon has manifested itself through lies and deception for the sole purpose to exploit and maintain a Republican stronghold on government. It portrays Democrats as socialists and Marxists because many Americans don’t know the aspects of democracy, socialism or Marxism. It banks on ignorance and hate.

African Americans understand why systemic cultural racism is denied. It is because of the “slaves now walk among us” mentality. Republicans refuse to recognize it, but let me give a few examples: colonization. imperialism, slavery, Missouri Compromise, Fugitive Slave Act, Dred Scott, Plessy v. Ferguson, Jim Crow, Black codes, lynchings, Tulsa race massacre, Elaine race massacre, Amendments 13, 14 and 15, Brown v. Board of Education, Civil Rights Act of 1964, Voting Rights Act of 1965, police brutality, public education funding tied to property values, non-white immigrant children caged, and continued voter suppression.

If you consider yourself more intelligent, why lie and cheat to win? We will rise and vote!

DEBORAH SUTTLAR

Little Rock