Politicians love Black votes but don't really love Black people. Because here's the thing... I've been in a devoted relationship with one woman for 25+ years and let me tell you what I've learned.LOVE IS A VERB.

Love requires corresponding actions to match it.And what I am seeing right now is that politicians keep telling Black people that they care, and that they see and feel our pain, but don't do anything about the actual material conditions causing that pain.

It's not enough to console our communities after ANOTHER white supremacist attack without actually doing ANYTHING to stop the next one.

And we're at the point as a people and as a nation where we have to move from rhetoric to substance.