We Are in Good Hands Thanks to Our New Sister Senators, Strong Black Press

(Todd A. Smith)

Black women always held the Black community down.

They show up and show out for our political candidates and issues that impact our people.

And they show up and refuse to shut up when unarmed Black men and women get gunned down by rogue police officers.

Therefore, nothing will change in 2025 because Black America has a couple of new women senators who will not take any mess from those intent on enacting devilish projects next year.

Rachel Treisman of NPR reported, “Two states elected Black women to the U.S. Senate on Tuesday night, making history for themselves and the country.

“Maryland elected Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, while Delaware elected Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester. Both are Democrats.

“Their victories double the number of Black women ever elected to the U.S. Senate, from two to four.”

And that doubles the hell people will pay in politics if they try to thwart the progress of Black America because sisters will not stand for it.

Modern American politics is filled with evil government and business operatives intent on silencing opposing views.

Just look at the threats the political right (aka morally wrong) has made against the free press.

The incoming White House administration says they will jail people if they do not agree with their opinions and words.

But anyone raised by a Black woman or married to a Black woman will attest that it will not work when it comes to silencing Black women.

And if Black women refuse to be complacent or mute, the rest of the Black community and its organizations and businesses will follow suit and raise an equal amount of ruckus against anyone that threatens the progress of the Black community.

Despite the historic nature of the 2024 election for Black women, sister soldiers are nothing new to American government.

Sister soldiers have always been heroic, even if they wear dresses and pant suits and not superhero capes.

One such heroine folded up her tent this year.

But she constantly voiced her views when it pertained to her constituents in Houston and members of the overall Black community.

Many on the right hated her.

Even some on the left thought that she could be a little too much at times.

But she did not let that stop her from fighting the good fight.

That lady was the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas).

Another such lady that held it down in the halls of Congress for the Black community was the late Rep. Shirley Chisolm (D-N.Y.).

She faced more ridicule than anyone because of her groundbreaking presence in government.

However, she never stopped being a voice for the voiceless, even using a presidential campaign to bring attention to the plight of her constituents.

The new “sister senators” as they call themselves, see lowering the prices of prescription drugs and addressing maternal mortality, which disproportionately impacts Black women, as key issues that they want to focus on.

In September, Blunt Rochester said, “The history-making part is great, but the impact is what we’re all going for, to make a difference in people’s lives. The ability to go to the Senate and be one of 100—but also as two of only five (Black women) senators in the history of this country—would be incredible.”

The other three Black women senators were former Senator Carol Mosley Braun (D-Calif), Vice President Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and Sen. Laphonza Butler (D-Calif), who was not elected but appointed to fill late Sen. Diane Feinstein’s (D-Calif.) term in October 2023.

While many might say that two sisters might not make that big of an impact, I beg to differ because students of journalism have seen what one sister soldier can do when she uses her voice and refuses to remain on the sidelines of the struggle.

That journalistic superhero was Ida B. Wells.

Although she battled racism, sexism and violence her entire life, the journalist and sociologist used the written word to speak out against the evil of White supremacy and discrimination.

She led boycotts.

She sued companies for unfair treatment.

She investigated lynchings, publishing her reports in pamphlets.

Even when racist White thugs burned her business in Memphis, forcing her to flee to Chicago, she continued the fight.

She traveled internationally to educate foreigners on the lynchings of Black Americans.

She criticized White suffrage activists for ignoring the lynchings of Black people, just like many Black women leaders are rightfully criticizing modern White women for voting for racism and sexism during the 2024 presidential election.

And later in life, she dedicated herself to urban reform in the third largest city in the nation.

Although her life faced threats of violence, she and other sister soldiers never gave up the fight.

So, why would this generation of sister soldiers be any different just because immature White men might send them some mean tweets?

Although many people did not like the results of the presidential election, Black America is still sending some powerful women warriors to go to battle on our behalf.

While the enemy might think that they have accomplished their nefarious mission of White supremacy and sexism, they are in for a rude awakening.

The first shall become last and the last shall become first.

Therefore, their time is coming to an end quicker than they think because just when arrogant people think they have the race won, a group of righteous people rise to do God’s will.

And in 2025 and beyond, that group will be Black women.

Thank you, sisters!

Todd A. Smith
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