Sometimes Battles are Forgotten

As the teams supporting Vice President Harris, former President Trump, the networks, the media — from corporate and grassroots village CEOs to the clerks and the cooks, thousands of people, not to mention the viewership prepare for the Presidential debates next week, Trump shows where his focus is — self-interest, not “the people.”

There’s no need to think too deeply about the timing of his latest book, “Save America” — announced yesterday and coming out just in time to take advantage of the potential ratings and attention of one of the most historic events in American history: The Presidential Debate, Tuesday at 9pm on ABC.

He’s going for a win, and the win is, as far as we can see, connected, as per usual, with money as much as it is by attracting votes. He needs to pay bills.
He barely has time to read a whole book, much less write one. So, we’re not sure who wrote it, but we have Amazon’s marketing description of who Trump is or who he thinks he is. And we are okay with giving it as fair a critique as possible.

It may appear as though the placement of an Our Time Press view — from our Black perspective — is a nod to Trump. But we are going after the total story, blemishes and all.
Next week we interview the Black men who profess allegiance to Trump, not something many will feel is newsworthy, but it is as much a story as our granddaughter counting down the days to her 18th birthday — mainly because she will be of voting age.

“I can’t wait to vote for Vice President Harris.” And for that matter, we cannot either. Yes, she is as much a story to be considered as Central Brooklyn’s steadfast Black Republicans, hiding out in the community, who are silently shielding their preference from public view.

Meanwhile, on page 16, as USA Today reports a rise in low-income support of Harris, we offer some faces and words from people on the ground in Central Brooklyn, who are poised to go to the polls on November 5, to support the always mentioned-ancestral calling, and for young people everywhere.

• by Bernice Elizabeth Green