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Black Americans React to Trump’s Win, Dreams of Going back to Slavery, Why We Should Be Afraid of Project 2025, Counselors Explain What We Can Do and More Stories to Help You Through This

The Root's roundup of the 2024 election aftermath and how Black community is coping

Heโ€™s Baack! Black Americans React To Trump Win

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More than 80 percent of Black Americans voted for Vice President Kamala Harris, which might be why so many of us woke up feeling numb and betrayed. In this modern-era, the way Black folk express ourselves is to jump on social media. And this particular Tiktok userโ€™s funny response reflects just how so many African Americans feel this morning. โ€” Phenix S Halley

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Walter Davis On Building a Black-Owned Bank From Zero to $2 billion
Walter Davis On Building a Black-Owned Bank From Zero to $2 billion

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Now That Trumpโ€™s Returning to The White House, Hereโ€™s Another Reminder That Black Folks Should Be Terrified Of Project 2025

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Donald Trump has secured a second presidential term and will most likely enact Project 2025, a 920-page policy document devised by the conservative Heritage Foundation that outlines a far-right Christian agenda. The plan will dismantle educational opportunities for Black people, go after LGBTQ+ protections, cut Medicare and stop โ€œanti-white racism,โ€ among other things. โ€” Candace McDuffie

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Bad Dreams of Returning to Slavery, Chat Group Prayers: A Trump Win Has Black Folks Shook. Experts Confirm!

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Halloween may be over, but for many Black people around the country, the nightmares have not stopped. The combination of the stakes of the 2024 presidential election and the fact that polls show a statistical dead heat between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump is keeping plenty of us up at night worrying about what a second Trump term might mean for the country โ€“ and more specifically for communities of color. โ€” Angela Johnson

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Now that Trump Has Won, Here Are Three Things Black Folks Can Do

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To frame the very reality that Donald Trump just beat Vice President Kamala Harris in the election last night: In a 2015 conversation with astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, former president Bill Clinton described his use of a rock brought back from the moon landing in 1969 to keep perspective. โ€” Madison J. Gray

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Five Ways To Help Cope With Post-Election Stress

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Thanks to the 24-hour news cycle, weโ€™ve all been inundated with coverage of the 2024 election. And now the news of former President Donald Trumpโ€™s win has a lot of us worried about what another four years of this dude might actually look like. โ€” Angela Johnson

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