Obama Can Stop Lecturing Black Men About  Harris

(Bloomberg Opinion) — Don’t be sexist. Vote for Kamala Harris. That’s one heck of a bumper sticker message. And it comes from America’s first Black president — the hope and change candidate — in a message directed explicitly at Black men. In a speech in Pittsburgh on Thursday, former President Barack Obama singled out Black men for what he sees as their reluctance to back Harris. Prediction: Black women will be the most pro-Harris voting bloc come November. The second most pro-Harris, pro-freedom, pro-democracy voting group? You probably didn’t guess it: Black men. But still, Obama, who has made a habit of lecturing Black people to show he isn’t beholden to them and to allay White fears, felt the need to “admonish” Black men, as the Washington Post headline said. He was “stern,” according to the New York Times headline, in calling out the “brothers” (Fox News). “The women in our lives have been getting our backs this entire time,” said Obama, who also met with a group of Black voters earlier in the day. “When we get in trouble, and the system isn’t working for us, they’re the ones out there marching and protesting. And now, you’re thinking about...