I was simply giving the reason most often cited by black men for abandoning the Democratic party. I think it is a good thing that blacks are becoming "less monolithic" ethnically as well as politically. The same is happening with Hispanics.
This fragmentation of monolithic racial politics is an important step towards assimilation. When people vote as individuals instead of members of an identity group it signals, they no longer feel they need the "security" of the group but can act as individuals in their own interest.
The ethnic diversity among African Americans is largely coming from immigration. Historically, most blacks were descended from American slaves. But Obama and Harris are examples of these "new" ethnicities. Obama's father was African and Harris's father was Jamaican. My granddaughter's father is Haitian and my daughter in law is from Zimbabwe. My niece's husband is from Nigeria. Each of them has an individual story, but just as importantly most of them came to our country with an education from a middle-class family and so they tend to have conservative middle-class values and cannot identity with history of slavery or Jim Crow laws.
On top of the immigration effect, over 75% of African Americans are wealthy or middle class and as such they have diverse views on many issues. Most also have no direct connection with the past other than through the stories they hear from their grandparents.
Historically, as a group, African Americans tend to be more conservative for a wide range of reasons and so they lined up with Democratic for economic benefits, not necessarily social policies.
Take away the economic dependence on entitlements, and blacks are beginning to vote based on how they feel about issues. Ideally, someday their collective vote will mirror that of Americans in general. That will signal the successful integration of blacks into America.
I don't know what issues are causing you to feel so strongly aligned with the Democratic party. I used to be a Democrat, when it was the party of classical liberalism, and the Republican party was the party of conservatism. But the Democrats have turned away from the party of JFK to neo-Marxism, which to me is strongly grounded in group identity and bigotry.
Telling someone how to vote based on the color of their skin, or their religion, or their gender is bigotry. Tell people what you plan to do if elected and let them decide if they support those things or not.
Meanwhile, polling suggests that no party will have a super majority in the Senate. The Republicans are more likely to win both Houses and the Presidency, than the Democrats, but the election remains close enough that depending on turn out, either party could control the House and win the Presidency. It will take a bit of a miracle for Democrats to win the Senate because of the seats that are up for election this year.
I am not in favor of the current progressive ideology that dominates the leadership of the Democratic party since it is grounded in group identity which breed conflict and violence. How can you have DEI, unless you fit people into a group? In addition, until someone figures out how to preserve the motivation to work under a socialistic economy, I am more prepared to except capitalism and marketplace with all its abuses and ills to an economic system that history shows do not work and leads to government corruption. Finally, as a classical liberal I strongly support individual freedom, so while I did vote in favor of California's proposition to recognize gay marriage in our state Constitution, I voted against several other propositions that reduce individual freedom and replaces them with mandates.
I am a product of the MLK era, where the goal of our society is to extend life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness human rights to all people rather than have a government that tries to manage the economy and human behavior.
