Black Women Voting in Alabama is Way More Important Than Talking About Omarosa

So social media and the news cycle managed to focus positively on black women for less than twelve hours before the narrative shifted to a trumped up scandal surrounding a dark-skinned black woman. Close to midnight on Tuesday, it became apparent that the approaching nightmare of white supremacist, pedophilic Republican Senate nominee Roy Moore was not going to become reality. He had been defeated in his fight against Democrat and Klan nemesis Doug Jones. It also became apparent that black women, once again were crucial to a Democratic victory. This one was more poignant due to the particularly prurient repugnance of Moore.

Though there was an abundant amount of caution by some against painting black women as saviors overall, the mood was celebratory and the moment belonged to black women in a way it rarely does. Black American women were the heroes of the moment. Well “they” got right to work to make sure that black women weren't allowed to be cast in such a heroic light. By midday everyone was busy shifting the narrative from the Herculean efforts of black people in Alabama to the humiliating and scandalous ouster of a dark skinned black woman from the White House. I get that people dislike Omarosa. I share the sense of bafflement that any black person could have anything to do with the Trump administration regardless of circumstances. I get the sense of insult and injury that from that position, she allegedly tried to undermine and sabotage respected journalist April Ryan for no reason. However, none of this should be allowed to overshadow the election. Omarosa wasn't and isn’t a policy maker. She has no influence. Focusing on her doesn’t help our cause in any way especially in a moment when we should be leveraging hard fought and highly visible social and political capital that the Alabama voters wrought. She is nothing more than a distraction at best, so us focusing on her even if we want to indulge rightful Schadenfreude feels to me like a waste.

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