b'THE GREAT BLACK DEBATE: THE LEFT OR RIGHT;WHO DESERVES THE BLACK VOTEBY BROTHER JEFFOnThursday,July25,Leannecharges, Stockham argued. I am WheelerandImoderatedTheKamalaHarrisisthemostvotingforTrumpbecauseIhave GreatBlackDebate:TheLeftorexperienced candidate in the race.beeninroomswithTrump.He Right;WhoDeservestheBlackShewasDistrictAttorneytwice,isnotaracist.I wasinaroomin Vote.BrotherJeffsCulturalAttorneyGeneraltwice,aUnitedAtlanta with him twice, along with CenterwastheepicenterofthisStates Senator, and Vice President.hundredsofBlackleaders,ashe crucialandspiriteddiscussion,She has the experience to navigaterolledoutdifferentprogramsto featuringprominentcommunitygovernment in ways Donald Trumphelp the Black community.membersAuontaiAndersonandand JD Vance dont have, Anderson CasperStockham.Asmoderators,stated.UnderDonaldTrumpsStockham presented a conservative weensuredthatthediscussionpresidency,oureconomywentperspective,advocatingfor remained focused and respectful,backward.Wewentthroughapolicies that emphasize economic allowingeachspeakertoglobal pandemic and lost jobs. Weempowerment,personal thoroughly present their case. We posed challenging questions that pushedAndersonandStockham todelvedeeperintotheirpolicy viewpoints and address questions fromtheinpersonandonline audience.Thedebatebrought tolightthestarklycontrasting politicalideologieswithinthe Black community, emphasizing the diverse perspectives and priorities that shape the Black vote.Anderson,aDemocrat,and Stockham,aformerRepublican turned Independent, represent the divergent political leanings among Black Americans. Deeply rooted in theirrespectivepoliticalbeliefs, theyarticulatedtheirviewpointsalso had the 2020 civil unrest whereresponsibility,andreduced withconviction,underscoringDonaldTrumpwantedtoshootgovernmentintervention.He theideologicaldividewithintheBlackLivesMatterprotesterstosupports the striking down of Roe community. clear out the streets of Washingtonv.Wade,believingabortionisa DC. state issue that should never have RegardingtheupcomingbeendecidedbytheSupreme presidentialelection,Anderson,aIn contrast, Stockham will be votingCourt. He does not see the January staunch supporter of Vice PresidentforDonaldTrumpandiscritical6attackontheCapitolasan KamalaHarris,emphasizedtheofKamalaHarris,questioninginsurrection but as a riotous day, importance of progressive policiesheridentityasaBlackAmericanand he questions the validity of the thathebelievesareessentialduetoherAsianandJamaican2020Presidentialelectionresults. foraddressingsystemicissuesrootsandraisingcontroversialStockham agrees with many tenets affectingBlackcommunities.Heandunfoundedclaimsaboutof The Heritage Foundations Project highlightedHarrisstrackrecordherfamilystiestoJamaican2025 and believes the Department onsocialjustice,healthcare,slaveholding. of Education is a failure that should andeducation,arguingthatherbe abolished.presidency would bring substantialIknowyouwontlikethis,but benefitstomarginalizedgroups.VicePresidentKamalaHarrisisInadditiontothepresidential Anderson stressed the significancenotBlack.Sheisathreattoourrace,questionswereposed ofvotingforacandidatewhodemocracy. She is a threat to ouraboutProject2025,COVID,the understandsandactivelyworksrepublic.ShesathreattoBlackenvironment,foreignpolicy,the towardsdismantlinginstitutionalmen and women who were lockedeconomy,healthcare,andmore racism and promoting equity. upinCaliforniafortrumped-uppouredinfromthemoderators, 15 BOCNEWS.COM'