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Symone Sanders is, without question, one of the most dynamic Black voices on the political front as evidenced by her years as a political strategist and advising presidential campaigns.
Partnering with My Black Is Beautiful, Sanders spoke with Hip-Hop Wired about the importance of the vote, the energy of the youth, and how voters this fall and beyond will have to tackle both voter disenfranchisement and racism while COVID-19 also still looms.
“As we’re seeing in the news right now, racism and COVID-19 are the two viruses, the two evils, plaguing our community today,” Sanders said of the work MBIB is doing.
“Without question, everything that’s happening in the world and making things move on the civic front is because of young, Black people, especially women,” Sanders countered.
She was careful to note that while the Black vote and the ease of the process is a paramount portion of MBIB’s larger campaign, Sanders stressed that Americans of all backgrounds deserve the same access to the polls.
