I'm not sure I quite understand your post. There is no assumption that black people have not been showing up to town hall meetings. But since those politicians are still in power, clearly not enough people have shown up or voted. Or at least not enough people who share their views. Indeed, I agree that it shows that white people in the US haven't cared so much or at least not in the numbers that would make a change. There's been a massive failure of compassion in the country.
I'm not sure it's right to say that the politicians failed to listen. I think more of the problem is that there is not widespread agreement. If you remember Trump got elected saying all sorts of racist things. And when the people had a chance to say something about it, they said they were okay with that. (Yes, that's a simplification. Popular vote and a close election etc.) I don't think it's that politicians aren't listening, they are listening and they think the majority are saying something different. Or at least the ones that fund them and they feel they need to keep power.
I think it's a mix of problems with the system and the problem that many people in the US don't see all races as equal.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
I'm not sure I quite understand your post. There is no assumption that black people have not been showing up to town hall meetings. But since those politicians are still in power, clearly not enough people have shown up or voted. Or at least not enough people who share their views. Indeed, I agree that it shows that white people in the US haven't cared so much or at least not in the numbers that would make a change. There's been a massive failure of compassion in the country.
I'm not sure it's right to say that the politicians failed to listen. I think more of the problem is that there is not widespread agreement. If you remember Trump got elected saying all sorts of racist things. And when the people had a chance to say something about it, they said they were okay with that. (Yes, that's a simplification. Popular vote and a close election etc.) I don't think it's that politicians aren't listening, they are listening and they think the majority are saying something different. Or at least the ones that fund them and they feel they need to keep power.
I think it's a mix of problems with the system and the problem that many people in the US don't see all races as equal.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~