Eh, do we think the "Kamala Harris/Susan Rice/Keisha Lance Bottoms" will deliver black turnout are also racist takes? If not, then this probably shouldn't be a "racist" take.
It is, however, very lazy and likely wrong.
Obviously an old post, but since someone else bumped this thread and the comment seems to have gone unaddressed - what a ridiculous take.
See, here's the difference - Harris / Rice / KLB are qualified to be Vice President; regardless of your politics, Kanye is woefully unqualified (and mentally unstable).
So saying, putting a qualified black candidate on the ticket will boost black turnout is an eminently reasonable comment (and also backed by historical precedent - look at black turnout in '08 and '12 compared to '04).
But saying, a bunch of black people are going to vote for this low IQ / unqualified / unstable joke candidate implies that those voters are also unintelligent / unsophisticated / don't care about the direction of the country. Which is racist. And of course turned out to be false!
I wish we could chill out with these totally lazy comparisons that don't account for any sort of nuance.
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