What's up Sorors, SFs and you too Doggy
You can tell some black folks that so many brothers and sisters died so they could vote until you are blue in the face, but you will only convince a few.
Low black voter turnout boils down to two things:
contentment
complacency/low efficacy
A sizable majority of black folks are doing just fine and see no need to cast a vote unless they are pissed [the Reactionary voter]. They have their degrees, their homes with manicured lawns and they volunteer their time and generou$ly donate to our cause..... so why "rock the vote"? Some of y'all may hate this, but a *growing* number of African-Americans are politically and socially moderate/conservative and are fine with Republican Leadership. And they ain't sell-outs either
A significant portion of us, unfortunately, are complacent out of necessity. When you don't know where your next meal is coming from or how the rent will be paid, casting a vote is the last thing on your mind. It may be triflin, but it is reality.
This type of complacency is rooted in low voter efficacy. I learned this in Eighth grade Civics class. Some folks cannot see how their one vote matters at all. They fail to see the prinicple in voting or participating in a representative democracy because they fail to see how policies in Washington D.C. or their own City or Town Hall trickle down to their front door and affect their lives.
By the way Soror CrimsonTide, my Chapter worked along side the local Panhellenic Council to give folks rides to voting stations on Election Day and many Sorors assisted the Ron Kirk campaign with phone banking.
