Author: Carma Henry

     “The comments made at the end of the Breakfast Club interview were in jest, but let’s be clear about what the VP was saying: he was making the distinction that he would put his record with the African American community up against Trump’s any day. Period,” Biden’s senior advisor Symone D. Sanders wrote on Twitter.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, the 2020 Democratic nominee for President, recently appeared on a Black media talk show and suggested that Black voters that don’t know the difference between Biden and incumbent President Donald Trump “ain’t Black”!

      For three years Americans have been waiting to hear from past President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle Obama. Don’t get the wrong impression that in the last three years that Barack and Michelle have not been working. During the week of April 17th, 2020, President Obama gave two powerful commencement speeches, one to HBCU graduates. The other, to High School graduates, carried on many different television stations, and media networks – addressed how he thought President Trump was handling the coronavirus pandemic.

Law and Order

      Bureau of Labor Statistics data show in April 2019 the unemployment rate for Whites was 2.9 percent compared to 14.2 percent for April 2020. For Whites, the change represents a record high. Historically, when White unemployment goes high civility toward Blacks goes low.

      TRUMP is well known for giving nicknames to anyone who dares to disagree with him, and it is always a cutdown. Growing up, my son loved watching wrestling on TV. One of his favorite wrestlers was The Undertaker and his phony manager Paul Bearer. Those two worked well together and controlled the match with their illegal tactics. I watched it with him, and we both knew it was just clean entertainment.

Biden’s lack of common sense confirmed by views on race

     I was born Black, still live the Black experience as a Black man in America every single day. My family comes from the South, and we have experienced discrimination, racism, bigotry, and survived Jim Crow. My Papa was a proud member of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, founded by Dr. King, and still knowing my history, I am a Black man voting Trump.

     Jimmy Cobb, the legendary jazz drummer who kept the beat going for many of the genre’s greats including Miles Davis, died May 25. NPR reported that Cobb’s wife confirmed the cause of death was lung cancer. He was 91-years old.

Here are some facts: Black people have been found to be more likely to die from COVID-19 infection than white people, both in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. Black people also have a higher rate of PTSD diagnosis than white people. PTSD can result in suppression of the immune system. Immunosuppression is associated with a higher risk of death from COVID-19. It is thus not unreasonable to question whether PTSD-induced immunosuppression is contributing to the elevated risk of dying from COVID-19 amongst Black people