Twitter Thanks the 98 Percent of #BlackWomen Who Voted for Doug Jones

Doug Jones’ shocking win over Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore has the internet over the moon. One hashtag has emerged: #BlackWomen.

Yes, 98 percent of of black women who voted yesterday in Alabama did so for the victorious democratic candidate.

A CNN exit poll shows the vast majority of black women voted for Jones, and 93 percent of black men voted for him, too. This is a stark contrast to the 63 percent of white women and 72 percent of white men that voted for Moore — who has been accused of sexual misconduct against minors.

People on social media are thanking women of color for being largely responsible for Jones’ win.

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“The real tea is Black women saved themselves not y’all,” one Twitter user said. Several others posted GIFs of black women in powerful situations, like a scene from “Hidden Figures” and Beyoncé at the Super Bowl.

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), pointed out that “we need to do more than congratulate them.”

“Let’s address issues that disproportionately affect Black women–like pay disparity, housing & underrepresentation in elected office,” she said.

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See more reactions below.

#BlackWomen helped elect a Democrat to the US Senate in AL for the first time in more than 20 years. But we need to do more than congratulate them. Let’s address issues that disproportionately affect Black women—like pay disparity, housing & under-representation in elected office

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) December 13, 2017

Alabama is 69.3% white, 26.8% black; according to exit polls from @washingtonpost 30% of all Alabama voters in this race were black (and most of them voted for Jones). That's amazing turnout in the same state that has spearheaded minority voter suppression (see Shelby v. Holder). https://t.co/aNqYSxsAnu

— suraya (@surayakhan) December 13, 2017

Black women leaving the polls. You're welcome Doug Jones. #AlabamaSenateElection pic.twitter.com/h8YjTukiuY

— Quwn 💫 (@HarlemNoir) December 13, 2017

An adult Roy Moore sexually targeted white teen girls, Alabama white women voters said, "So?" Doug Jones went after the Klan for killing 4 black children, Alabama #blackwomen said: pic.twitter.com/dF7m7DWPrn

— Helena Baptiste (@🏡) 🕊️ (@sumbodysbabygrl) December 13, 2017

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"Alabama is a deeply Republican state, and the #AlabamaSenateElection will almost certainly go to Moore despite his vile behaviour."

Black women: pic.twitter.com/hTwh6vaK5J

— Ben (@MrBenjiWeb) December 13, 2017

America: No way Black Women will pull off this upset in Alabama.

Black Women in Alabama: pic.twitter.com/q2dDLYSrsh

— Deontée Gordon (@deongordon) December 13, 2017

https://twitter.com/YeshaCallahan/status/940801277889597440

black women of Alabama walking into work tomorrow knowing they defeated their MAGA coworkers. pic.twitter.com/aUxxba3hkt

— uncle vaun. (@_Vaun) December 13, 2017

Progressive voters did not win Alabama. The black vote won Alabama. President Obama’s showing up and stumping for Jones with the black vote won Alabama. The black women who basically run the grass roots get out the vote in Alabama won Alabama. Progressives showed up.Good for you.

— ⚖️ one damn thing after another (@CooperKrimshaw) December 13, 2017

Black voters – black women voters – many of whom are undoubtedly descendants of enslaved laborers in Alabama just said hell no and, once again, delivered a deliberate message, a challenge to the heart of America #NoMoore #AlabamaSenateElection

— Dr. Justin Shaw (@JustinPShaw) December 13, 2017

Lest we forget what it took for the opportunity for black voters, particularly black women, to deliver an unlikely victory in Alabama. pic.twitter.com/O5fscSJAH7

— Athleisure Mom, Marcia Chatelain, 42. (@DrMChatelain) December 13, 2017

The real tea is Black women saved themselves not y’all. pic.twitter.com/kuQdTsPHEx

— Raquel Willis (@RaquelWillis_) December 13, 2017

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At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Tommie Smith and John Carlos -- who'd taken the gold and bronze medalists in the 200-meter dash -- took to the winners podium and raised their fists above their heads in a silent protest against discrimination against African-Americans in the United States. "If I win I am an American, not a black American. But if I did something bad then they would say 'a Negro.' We are black and we are proud of being black," Smith said of the protest.
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali famously refused to serve in the U.S. military during the Vietnam war, noting, “Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go ten thousand miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam while so-called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs?" In 2005, President George W. Bush awarded Ali the Presidential Medal of Freedom, calling him "a fierce fighter and a man of peace."
Following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the United States led a boycott of the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. The boycott would grow to 65 nations who refused to participate in the games.
Four years later, the USSR would return the favor, boycotting the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. "Chauvinistic sentiments and anti-Soviet hysteria are being whipped up in this country," the Soviet government said of the boycott, which 13 other communist countries would also join.
At the beginning of the 1995-1996 NBA season, Denver Nuggets point guard Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf decided that he wouldn't salute the American flag during the playing of the national anthem prior to games. The decision went unnoticed for some time; when NBA commissioner David Stern handed down a one-game suspension to the player. The NBA later reached a compromise, mandating that Abdul-Rauf stand for the anthem, but allowing him to close his eyes and face downward.
In 2014, following the death of Eric Garner after a confrontation with police in New York, Cleveland Cavaliers stars LeBron James and Kyrie Irving wore shirts emblazoned with the phrase "I Can't Breathe" -- Garner's reported last words -- while warming up for a game against the Brooklyn Nets. Nets players Jarrett Jack, Alan Anderson, Deron Williams and Kevin Garnett also donned the shirts.
In 2016, then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick opted not to stand during the national anthem, saying, "I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color ... To me, this is bigger than football and it would be selfish on my part to look the other way. There are bodies in the street and people getting paid leave and getting away with murder."

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