Originally Posted by
Mojouw
Q: What has Biden done for the African-American community?
A: Nothing. Personally, he hasn't done anything helpful and one of his major achievements as a Senator ended up harming many minority communities. I don't think that any rational person can not see that. When he speaks about race and inequality he sounds like the out of touch 70+ year old white dude that he is. So he is the same as Trump, right? Well, no. Not really.
First, look at who Biden surrounds himself with. He hires women and minorities at all level. Trump has Ben Carson and a rotating cast of female Press Secretaries that lie for him until they burn out. Repeated polling has demonstrated that potential 2020 voters see, understand, and are planning on acting on this difference. Polling data, and at this point that is ALL we have to go on, even if we also all recognize that polling data is flawed, overwhelming indicates in that in African-American communities Biden and his campaign's actions are being mobilized into support. What is he doing? His campaign is already (and this was pre George Floyd) in African-American and Latino communities. In contrast to Clinton, who only set up shop there late in the campaign. Biden's campaign is hiring local organizers and advocates to help run the offices rather thing bringing in outside groups like Clinton did. So he (well really his campaign) is attempting to reach out to minority communities and it is actively engaging with people from those communities to build a platform and an approach that will "work" for those communities. This is in contrast to how Clinton just used outsiders and told communities that this or that was a good thing. In even sharper relief, it appears the Trump campaign is just bailing out on many of these communities.
Second, we could talk about the economic messaging and policies. Many third party analyses indicate that what the Biden camp is proposing or talking about at least, will be better for lower working class citizens. And, unfortunately, that is often the economic group that far too many minority groups fall into. So in that sense, while it is not specifically a series of policies or actions directly aimed at African-American communities or individuals; it will directly benefit them. Same argument with health-care and taxes.
But that wasn't any of what you wanted. You just figured you would bait the hook with the idea that the white guy who says goofy stuff, is super old, and pushed through the crime bill was the same as Trump. That ignores the fact that Trump has and continues to hire, listen to, and advocate for policies and actions devised by blatant and obvious racists. So there is that...