Far too often I’m hearing many of my peers talk about not having a clue about what is going on in our modern day political or real world. I’m more and more unsettled by this the more I hear it. When you’re in your early 30s you need to be in tune to what’s going on with the political world around you. Simply because that is the world that will be impacting you’re every day life. The discussions, laws and platforms being displayed are the rules and boundaries we will have to overcome.

It’s not enough to claim ignorance to the current president. That in itself a the recipe for failure and disaster. That is what cost this country in the last election cycle for President. Too many people not engaged and either not voting or simply following the popular trade winds. Saying you didnt vote and having no reason why is sad and shameful.

We’re living in a time where we have a White House that’s lying to us daily. We have a President who constantly lies, blisters, and bullshits the country. We are in the midst of a bruising fight for the nomination of the democratic party. Which means we need all of us to pay attention. Young, middle aged, old and everything in between, the time has been past for you to inform yourself. Yet now more than ever there can be no excuses as to why you’re not engaged and involved.

Please make no mistake about this. The more people who say they’re not informed. They say they dont keep up, the more it plays to the advantage of Trump and Republicans. If you stay home and don’t vote you’re in effect doing the same thing. You’re making it one vote easier for whomever you oppose. And for those of you who say your one vote doesn’t matter, let’s do some math.

If one million people thought the same way and stayed home and didn’t vote imagine what could happen. You realize in 2016 Hillary Clinton lost Michigan, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania all by a total of less than a million votes. Still think your vote doesn’t matter? Every state needs your vote. Change happens when you’re informed and you make a decision using that information to affect change.

Time to stop sitting on your as and get involved. Learn about the candidates and what their positions are. Because what’s happening now shapes what the future society you live in looks like. Step up and do your part.

Sadly I have to write this post again to remind people why in the Black community, the Gay, White, former Mayor of South Bend Indiana will never get the Black vote in enough numbers to become the nominee for President of the Democratic party.

See unfortunately, Black people are still socially conservative on the whole. Which means they still don’t like accepting the LGBTQ+ community. Amongst the highest number of gay teens homeless are Black. Among the highest number of adults withdrawn from their families and disparaged are Black, gay men. For whatever the reason is Black people are still operating in a black of ancient beliefs. They still cling onto the bible and the misinformed passages regarding same sex relations.

No matter how religious Mayor Pete says he is that will never allow him to be endeared to the Black community. One he is white and a little too clean cut. He’s also seen as uninspiring and privileged. He also comes from a state that has had its share of stereotyping that make it difficult for the community to support him. Couple that with the issues of his police department with a Black resident of his city and most definitely that lends itself to failing to gain traction among us.

While it’s not completely indicative of all of the Black community, in the Deep South, it is definitely the practice of many of those people to not support the gay community too steady. If you listen to his stances and policy positions, he actually would be good for the Black community. He also has the experience of being a war vet, you would think that makes him capable of handling the military, where many of our people enlist as well. His other big problem is he’s still young. Pete is only 37 years old. That too for whatever the reason scares Black people because many seem to think that you gotta be older with some grey showing to take you seriously.

So good luck Pete, but this isn’t the right time, you’re not in the right place and you aren’t the right candidate for this moment.