Trump's Gift to Us for Black History Month

Black women saw this coming.

When Kamala Harris said, "I know your type," she spoke for all of us. Because we do. We know these men. We know their cruelty, their bottomless need to dominate, their reckless destruction that spares no one—not even their own families.

That's why Black women voted the way we did. Not just because Kamala is a Black woman—though, yes, that sweetened the deal—but because we recognized the game being played. We've had to work ten times as hard our entire lives, and not just in school or our careers. Ten times as hard to keep our dignity. Ten times as hard to maintain our faith. Ten times as hard to protect our children. Ten times as hard to hold on to our humanity in a system designed to strip us of it.

And that struggle gave us something: an instinct for survival, an emotional intelligence that many will never understand. We can spot a con from ten feet away.

The Warning You Ignored

White America thought the cruelty would only touch certain people. White people assumed it would be just the Black folks. Latinos thought it would only be the "bad" immigrants. White women thought it would only be those "other" women. The wealthy thought it would be reserved for the poor. But we warned you—when you are dealing with men like this, men hollowed out by their own hatred, there is no limit to their destruction. The goal was never policy, governance, or even personal power. The goal was the obliteration of anything good, because destruction is all they know.

What do people like this want? That's the wrong question. The real question is: What do they need? And the answer is simple. Imagine living a life where you feel no joy, no love, no real human connection. You can't make people love you, they've tried that. So what's the second-best thing? Make sure no one else gets to feel it either. Their loneliness, their emptiness—it has to be universal. Misery must be shared to be fair.

For years, we've warned that racism doesn't just harm Black people. It poisons everything it touches. White Americans should have fought racism not just for our sake, but for their own protection. Now they're witnessing firsthand what happens when that poison spreads unchecked. Now they're discovering, far too late, that the very people they championed will discard them without hesitation the moment it serves their purpose.

The Irony of It All

And yet, even as the scales fall from your eyes, so many of you refuse to admit the truth. You still think you can bargain with these men, that if you just play along, they won't come for you next.

But what will you give up in the process? Your dignity? Your principles? Your soul?

Black women understood the stakes from the start. We knew this was always where it was going. And now, as we watch the spectacle of white men—powerful, wealthy, supposedly brilliant men—flailing in their own incompetence, we can't help but see the irony. If I designed an experiment in a lab to demonstrate the fallacy of white supremacy, I couldn't have done a better job than what's unfolding right now.

The world is watching as America, the so-called land of meritocracy, reveals itself as a house of cards propped up by nepotism, corruption, and the fragile egos of men who never had to compete on a level playing field.

And the biggest irony of all? The very people who have spent generations telling us we weren't good enough, that we didn't belong, that we needed to work twice as hard to get half as far—are now exposing, with breathtaking clarity, that they would crumble instantly if forced to compete in the truly fair system they claimed to champion.

What Happens Now

So, happy Black History Month. We always knew. Now, so does the rest of the world.

But knowing isn't enough. This moment demands more than your awareness—it requires your action. For those finally awakening to the reality Black women have always seen, your enlightenment is worthless without your commitment.

Examine where you hold power—in your workplace, your community, your family—and use it. Not tentatively. Use it with the same conviction they used to take power in the first place.

Because what they fear most isn't just losing their position, but witnessing the proof that their worldview was always a lie. Every time we thrive despite their efforts, we expose them. Every time we build coalitions across differences, we threaten them. Every time we choose truth over comfort, we chip away at their foundation.

That's our gift to you this Black History Month: the opportunity to finally see clearly. What you do with that vision—that's your choice now.