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Every Black Woman Knows A Haley Stevens
And they have tormented us long enough
On the morning of November 6, 2024, I felt an enormous weight on my chest after I realized Donald Trump had won the presidential election. Many people mourned the moment, but I, and many women who look like me, mourned but also felt deep anxiety because we knew that this would spell four years of targeted attacks on Black women. I mean, throughout the election, Trump had made it clear that he would come after Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs, in other words, Black people, and especially women in senior roles, if he won.
As I wrestled with my anxiety, I kept asking myself, how did we get here? I mean, I knew that white men would vote for Trump; hell, I even knew that Latino and Black men would too. I, however, didn’t expect white women to overwhelmingly vote for him again, given how much of female bodily autonomy was at stake. They did. But they did it in a sneaky way, and so many of them won’t ever admit that they voted for Donald Trump.
Enter Haley Stevens, the Democratic nominee who lost to Dr. Abdul El Sayed in Michigan’s Democratic primary last August. In an unexpected development this weekend, she endorsed Republican Mike Rogers over El Sayed for the U.S. Senate. Many people have expressed shock, disappointment, and outrage at the move, but if…
