Every election cycle, Americans hear the “song and dance” about how much is “on the line this November.” I’m not sure how Americans are supposed to have selective amnesia about what’s happening in Palestine or to stomach the fact that there is still a lack of a weapons embargo on Israel. Yet, it is striking that fucking Taylor white Swift can have her voting choice influence others. Over the past month, we have heard about immigrants eating dogs and cats and watched Kamala on stage stating that Israel has a right to “defend itself” while flipping her silk press with the hopes of a viral moment. 

Leave it to white men to establish "criteria" for the world to determine who's Black and who's not; or who's Black enough and who's not. In July, Trump was interviewed at the National Association of Black Journalists Annual Convention. When asked about Kamala Harris in the context of race and his ongoing racist remarks, he stated, "I didn't know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black." Trump had claimed that Harris was "Indian all the way" in the past and out of convenience, put on some "magic Black hat" when it became advantageous for her. 

I love how America selectively gains a moral conscience, especially when it's for people who are actively pushing oppressive agendas against those who are disenfranchised. On Saturday, July 13, there was an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a MAGA rally in Pennsylvania. The news waves flooded and evoked selective moral compassion regarding political violence. Whereas political violence is entirely unacceptable, America's selectiveness remains inconsistent.