D. Watkins Pens 'A Black People's Guide to the 2020 Election (So Far)'
February 15, 2019
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D. Watkins, acclaimed author and a lecturer in the University of Baltimore's Klein Family School of Communications Design, has written "A Black People's Guide to the 2020 Election (So Far)" for Salon.
"No wave of social mobility or economic advancement came to black people during the Obama era. Many of us are in the same boat, if not worse. I’m not directly basing that on Obama's policies or the way he governed—I'm just saying that a black president doesn’t equal equality, and that leaves us with the task of selecting the best person that meets our needs," Watkins writes.
"Even though the first primaries and caucuses are still a year away, it's never too early" to become interested in how the race for president is shaping up, he says, noting that this is a "first draft" effort.
Read the article in Salon.
Learn more about D. Watkins and the Klein Family School of Communications Design, part of UB's Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences.