I Hate that Black People Praise Black Politicians for Just Being Black

Six Hawkins
2 min readFeb 9, 2021

Now don’t get me wrong, I love me some Barack and Michele Obama. But I cannot get over the fact that we let Barack do a two-peat as President and didn't apply more pressure on him as it stands for our community. We as a culture made songs, clothing, and a host of other braggadocious acts but let the representation have more weight than his actual position.

After four years of terror and an uproar in social injustice during the Trump Administration it saddens me to see that yet again we let representation…

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Six Hawkins

A Divine Creator, Visionary, and Lightworker who is an innovative and expressive storyteller.