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We must stop holding as a broad cultural expectation the idea that African Americans need to overperform in the voting booth to stave off fascism. Black people, especially Black women, consistently show up in large numbers to insist that America does not have to go the way of white supremacists and fascists. Based on the early numbers in this election, Black people could break records in places like Georgia and Texas. It is the energy that young Black voters are bringing back to the South—helped along by the vision of Stacey Abrams—that might actually change the political landscape of the country.
有一種普遍的文化期待認為非裔美國人需要在投票中表現出色才能避免法西斯主義，我們必須停止這么認為。有很多黑人，尤其是黑人女性不斷涌現，他們堅持認為美國不必重蹈白人至上主義者和法西斯主義者的覆轍。根據這次選舉的早期數據，黑人有可能在喬治亞州和得克薩斯州等地打破記錄。正是年輕的黑人選民帶著活力回到了南方——在史黛絲·艾布拉姆的幫助下——這才有可能真正改變這個國家的政治面貌。
And it is white voters, and increasing numbers of men across racial demographics, who show up to kill the hope of an expanded democracy. If Trump wins, white Democrats might have to accept what so many of us who are not white already know: the future of the country is young, Black and brown. Those are the people who represent where progressive politics is headed, and it is their votes that should be courted.
是白人選民以及越來越多跨越種族人口的男性的出現扼殺了擴大民主的希望。如果特朗普贏了，那么白人民主黨人可能不得不接受我們很多非白人已經知道的事實：美國的未來屬于年輕人、黑人和棕色人種。這些人代表著進步政治的走向，我們應該爭取他們的選票。
As Abrams' own trajectory proves, Black turnout alone cannot best state-sanctioned voter suppression. Liberal politicians and commentators need to remember this, too, as they try to explain what happened in this election. If Biden and Harris prevail, it will be because Black voters overwhelmed the system. But white people—all white people—must stop holding this as the expectation and the standard. White voters overperform in their support for white-supremacist candidates, and white folks must grapple with the reasons as we determine what the story of 21st century American politics will be.
正如艾布拉姆斯自己的經歷所證明的那樣，僅憑黑人的投票并不能最好地通過國家制裁來壓制選民。自由派政客和評論員在試圖解釋這次選舉中所發生的事情時也需要記住這一點。如果拜登和哈里斯獲勝，那將是因為黑人選民壓倒了整個體系。但是白人——所有的白人——必須停止把這當作期望和標準。白人選民在支持白人至上主義者候選人方面表現突出，在我們決定21世紀美國政治將會如何發展時，白人必須抓住這些原因。
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