It’s been just two weeks since we learned the results of the 2024 Presidential Election and who our country’s leader will be for the next four years.
When news that president-elect and former president Donald Trump would resume his spot in the Oval Office broke in the wee hours of the night on Election Day (Nov. 5), many people, especially Black women, rose with feelings of hurt and disappointment the following day after Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat, despite being qualified (overly, if we’re being honest) for the role.
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As reality continues to sink in, many Black women have disclosed that they will no longer partake in allyship with their white women counterparts, who accounted for 53 percent of the votes that elected Trump back into office. Moreover, this turn of events has been a harsh reminder that America is always going to America, and when you’re a land built on racism and hatred, what would make that change in today’s political climate where Black American history is being wiped from schools, diversity, equity and inclusion policies are dismantling. The police are still killing Black people at alarming rates.
Black women often have to mask their frustration out of the fear of being labeled as angry, but to hide our feelings when the world continues to play in our faces is grounds enough to drive any person insane.
Since the beginning of time, we’ve used music to channel feelings of rage, love, joy, pain, and whatever emotions come to mind. It has also been used as an outlet for an escape, which is why MadameNoire has compiled a list of tracks that may help us to express our feelings about the thought of another Trump America until we feel that we’re ready to vocalize just what the results of the 2024 Presidential Election has done to us mentally, physically, and emotionally.
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1. “FDT (F*ck Donald Trump)” — YG and Nipsey Hussle
Released ahead of the 2016 Presidential Election between candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, these West Coast emcees released a track after a group of Black students were ejected from a rally he held at Georgia’s Valdosta State University. The lyrics pretty much summarize how many Black people were feeling at the time when Trump first began to spew hatred on his quest for the presidency, which (unfortunately) he won, symbolizing a stark turn in politics after two terms with the country’s first Black president, Barack Obama.
