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Do Black People Remember What Life Was Like Under An Obama Presidency?

Samantha Tynisa
6 min readMar 4, 2020

Enough of Symbolism and Black Identity Politics already!

Super Tuesday’s results and actions from the Black community were both shocking and greatly disappointing.

I prayed we had learned from our mistakes with Obama and would vote more intelligently in the 2020 Presidential election. But, instead, African Americans quickly became attached to a new, degrading term…“low-information” voters.

But, Black voters voting with their brain and not their hearts, once more occurred.

African Americans are the symbol of Symbolism in America. We are America’s honorary mascot.

I’m sad to say how badly I had been mistaken to place my faith, once more, in the wrong hands: other African Americans.

On Super Tuesday, I looked on, incredulously, as Biden won states I thought he’d never win. First, my own state, Virginia, was on the chopping block. Then, the results of more southern states strongly supporting “Crime Bill” Joe, quickly followed.

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Samantha Tynisa
Samantha Tynisa

Written by Samantha Tynisa

Providing My Unpopular Opinion as A Mom, Writer, Army Vet, MBA Grad, Web & Graphics Designer, Activist, Entrepreneur, CEO, Black in Tech, Educator. Real Estate

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