THANK YOU! Kamala's Love Letter to Black Men

I just want to say thank you.

Thank you to Kamala Harris for listening and for hearing Black men who have needed somebody to champion our cause.

Most Black men are doing a good job. The vast majority of Black men are employed and trying to pay these bills, trying to raise these babies, trying to hold together families and sometimes neighborhoods.

But we're hurting. Coming in last or damn near last on so many different indicators when it comes to our health, when it comes to our pocketbooks, and when it comes to respect from the Democratic Party. Even our biggest heroes in the Democratic Party are kicking us in the butt, saying we're not voting enough for a party that doesn't seem to care about us.

I can tell you what the Democratic Party is going to do for immigrants. I can tell you what they're going to do for women when it comes to abortion. I can tell you what they're going to do for the transgender community when it comes to protection and respect. And God bless all those constituencies.

But until this week, what were Democrats going to do for black men?

Zero, zilch, nunca, nada, nothing.

It’s painful to feel like we have voted over and over and over again for a Democratic Party that is doing nothing for us. And by the way, we’re outvoting all the white women. Nobody's mad at the white women and they're going to be viting 50-50 for Trump. We're outvoting Latinos and Asians, male, female, or otherwise. We're outvoting everybody but Black women, who always outvote everybody anyway.

But instead, rather than praising us for that, the media is kicking us in the butt and criticizing us.

What's wrong with us? Not what's wrong with everybody else.

Finally, Kamala Harris sent us a love letter.

To you, that might have been a policy document, but I read that as a love letter from Kamala Harris to Black men who need some love. Black men who need some respect. Black men who need some concern and some care and consideration.

We need some mamala from Kamala.

And we got it. We stood on business. And she came with a a love letter of support for our work, our wealth, and our health.

Author and activist Bakari Sellers shared a clear breakdown of this agenda for Black Men. The plan includes:

1. Providing 1 million loans that are fully forgivable to Black entrepreneurs and others to start a business.

2. Championing education, training, and mentorship programs that help Black men get good-paying jobs in high-demand industries and lead their communities, including pathways to become teachers.

3. Supporting a regulatory framework for cryptocurrency and other digital assets so Black men who invest in and own these assets are protected.

4. Launching a National Health Equity Initiative focused on Black Men that addresses sickle cell disease, diabetes, mental health, prostate cancer, and other health challenges that disproportionately impact them.

5. Legalizing recreational marijuana and creating opportunities for Black Americans to succeed in this new industry.

This is a serious agenda to try to deal with the stuff that we're dealing with, whether it's prostate cancer, diabetes, capping medical expenses.

That was a love letter. And I appreciate it.

I appreciate Bakari Sellers. I appreciate Governor Wes Moore. I appreciate all the brothers behind the scenes who worked on it.

But I mainly, thank you Kamala Harris. Other politicians should also care about us. We're people. We need help. We need support. We need love. We need respect. And Kamala Harris gave that to us. And I appreciate it.