I think it would be helpful if white liberals would understand that the Black electorate, by and large, view all (most) of our votes as defensive votes. We have a half century of evidence to support out view. We recognize that even the most progressive politician, can/will only go so far.
Furthermore, my impression is that Black voters in particular view voting not merely as an individual, personal choice, but as a means of collective action and community solidarity. The Black community knows that their fortunes, as a general rule, rise and fall together.
This lack of understanding makes the frequent claims that more affluent Black folks, such as me and JAG, don't care about poor Black folks, all the more laughable.
I will note (it, ironically, appears) that the farther on the political spectrum to the Left (particularly, the libertarian left, i.e., the Greenwald, Assange, Snowden Crew), the more they ascribe to individualism, while mouthing the sentiment of collectivism. For all their talk about movements/collective action to benefit others, they appear to really be about limiting government's ability to act on anything that does not expand/protect their personal "freedoms" and purse ... to hell with the struggles of the poor, unless they happen to be poor (which most of them are not) ... to hell with the struggles of the LGBTQ Community, unless they happen to be gay (which most of them are not) ... to hell with women's struggles, and, especially, to hell with the struggles of Black/PoC folks (which most are not), even as DU, these days, seems to be the Mecca of recently self-identifying PoC, that have no/little use for pressing for social justice.
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