Go vote.

Ticia The Diva “This Is For My Ladies”

S5 Ep 92: In this episode, “Go vote.” I talk about the election ads that we’ve been seeing on our social media platforms for some months now, that has been practically harassing everyone with an electronic device. The audacity but that what happens when we don’t pay to be on social media, did anybody watch The Social Dilemma on Netflix yet?

I also share the idea that a best friend of mine, Jonathan Trey, who’s a community developer and has worked on several projects in Connecticut, Rhode Island and currently Detroit, where residents are benefiting from the initiatives he’s worked to put in place. Jon, who’s a Norfolk, VA native, created an initiative, a Community Blocks Agreement, that will grant African Americans and minorities government contracts to help build the casino, provide jobs to those from low income communities, a certain percentage of money from the casino will go back to low income communities and so much more that will directly impact those black and brown people in Norfolk.

I can’t express the importance of voting during the presidential election but the general and local elections too.

Think of how frightening 2020 has been for many Americans, coronavirus has plagued America and claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, lockdowns, the mass cop killings of unarmed African American and the many immigrants who are being separated from their families and/or receiving involuntary hysterectomies. It’s A LOT!

Think about that and the many other things that has happened under this presidential term. What’s been great about any of those things? I’ll wait. America won’t ever be great again because they never started on great terms. From the time of the first settlement and the genocide of the indigenous people, to the slave trades and the enslavement, lynching and torture of African, Caribbean and Latin people, to the bombings and domestic terrorist acts on communities, African American leaders and children, need I go on? History has been fucked up and I hate the saying that “history repeats itself.” Just to think, that for many generations to come, even after we are gone, the history we’ve once endured, will resurface on some other level and our loved ones will have to experience that. It’s disheartening to even think about.

So that’s why we must vote, to have a hand in what we envision for our future, it’s about humanity and what you wish to see for the world. Take for instance, those millionaires who are for Biden and Harris, they are willing to be taxed an alleged 65%. Some millionaires, rich now, who have endorsements, million-dollar investment deals, NY Times best-selling books, has or brought Birkin bag, has royalties and etc., are against being taxed 65%, these people are wealthy, rich, millionaires, mind you. Are these the people that we even want to support going forward? Need I also remind you; our support is what pays them. When we listen, watch or pay for anything they do or are a part of, we pay them. Whether it be money or mind, we are paying them something. Speaking of paying, I went on both Donald Trump and Joe Biden’s website, just to see what they are talking about and yeah, Trump is a mess.

Go vote.

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