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“He’s Not Going to Do Any Heavy Lifting… To Help Black People”

WASHINGTON D.C., USA – Seventeen-year-old Edeleke Ewing-Carey represents a going concern in America among minority groups.

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12 months ago

January 23, 2025

Jerome Sawyer

WASHINGTON D.C., USA – Seventeen-year-old Edeleke Ewing-Carey represents a going concern in America among minority groups.

“I think it was shocking to see how many have sat quiet in their beliefs for such a long time,” Ewing-Carey said.

“I think the electoral results gave a lot of people confidence to be loud about how they feel.”

And while the “noise” of the rhetoric has quieted since the election, this soon to be high school graduate is concerned about future actions.

A fear compounded by facebook’s decision to remove fact checkers from the platform.

“Being black and being in America comes with burdens already, and he’s made it known he’s not going to do any heavy lifting in trying to ease those burdens in trying to help black people who live in America,” said Reagen Russell, a Bahamian student at Howard University.

As one chapter closes and another opens in American politics – dubbed the golden era by the president, most of the Bahamians we have been speaking with here this week are split on their feelings for the future – between cautious and hopeful optimism and those who hold little hope of things improving.