By Felicia J. Persaud
News Americas, NEW YORK, NY, Friday. November 15, 2025: In mid-July, as calls intensified for President Joe Biden to step down after what was widely seen as a “disastrous” debate with MAGA Republican Donald Trump, I argued in this column that it would be a “mega mistake ” to name Kamala Harris. without a mini-primary. My reasoning was not based on Harris’ record as vice president or her polling against Trump, but rather on the enduring issues of race and gender in America.
In that July article, I stated bluntly: “America is still fundamentally a racist and sexist country; and in 2024, it’s more than ever.” I continued: “Mark my words – America will not elect another black president, much less a black, female president.”
I feared that Harris would fight against Trump and his base of white voters, who I believed, and still do, are intent on preventing another black president from being elected in America in our lifetime, and worse, a woman colored.
On the night of November 5, 2024, I was unfortunately proven right. I felt dread as the results unfolded. But I predicted this months before others on the television networks, in the mainstream newspapers, even among Democratic strategists and so-called influencers.
Since Barack Obama’s historic victory, right-wing voters in America have mobilized around a resistance to social progress. Trump’s rhetoric, steeped in the language of white supremacy and “seizing power,” struck a chord. Here was someone expressing fears of diminishing influence, trash-talking everyone and reassuring supporters with promises to “Make America Great Again.”
And so, on November 5, we saw White America — along with parts of the Black, Latino and Asian communities — help elect a convicted felon back to the White House. Exit poll data revealed that this was a vote largely shaped by the Caucasian demographic of voters.
According to NBC Exit Poll data, 57 percent of white voters chose Trump in 2024, with 60 percent of white men and 53 percent of white women among them. That voting bloc was supported by 46 percent of Latino voters, 39 percent of Asian and 13 percent of black voters, as well as 52 percent of individuals who identified as “other,” including Native Americans, according to the poll.
The choice of 50.9 percent, or 72,751,731 voters, will now shape America for decades to come in 2025, with MAGA leadership in control of the White House, Senate, Congress and Supreme Court, and numerous states, amplifying the impact. of white supremacy and patriarchy for generations.
The message is clear: know your country.
EDITOR’S NOTE: Felicia J. Persaud is the publisher of NewsAmericasNow.com, a daily news paper focused on positive news about the Black Caribbean and Latin American immigrant communities.
