During a weekend visit with family in Detroit, a familiar R&B music radio station delivered a startling political ad amidst the soothing sounds of Anita Baker and Sade.
“Biden says the civil rights issue of our time is transgender equality. Really, Joe?” the narrator proclaimed in the ad. “Men competing against girls and men using girls’ bathrooms is not civil rights. Biden is wrong, and confused.”
The annunciation of the last word was laden with the inflections of Black vernacular, bordering on caricature. And the punch line followed swiftly.
“President Trump will protect our daughters’ sports teams and stop the sexualization of our children,” the narrator continued, in the latest attempt by Donald Trump supporters to court Black voters. The ad, produced by pro-Trump super PAC MAGA Inc., was notable for its scarcity of accuracy but abundance of bigotry.
