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Written By BlabberBuzz | Monday, 02 November 2020 02:23 AM
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With Election Day just days away, both President Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden are having their final pitches to Black voters, including showing their competing plans to invest in Black communities.

Throughout the race, Trump has harped on the record-low Black unemployment market before the coronavirus pandemic, while Biden chose Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., as his running mate, making her the first Black and Indian American woman on a major-party presidential ticket.

But their responses to the killing of George Floyd in May and the unrest that followed set them apart — Biden blamed systemic racism, while Trump called Floyd's death a "very, very sad" situation but quickly turned to strike a “law and order” message in the wake of riots across the country.

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Biden held an 81-point lead over Trump among Black voters, according to a new poll posted on Oct. 9. Though, a data analysis published on Wednesday revealed that the so-called racial gap among voters has shrunk since 2016 as Trump has gained support from both Black and Latino voters. New York Times/Siena College polling also found that nonwhite voters were split on whether “law and order” or the coronavirus pandemic were more important to their vote.

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Biden’s Plan for Black America concentrates on economics, education and justice reform. His plan involves “ensuring equal access to credit and capital” for Black entrepreneurs and improving teacher diversity in public education.

Biden would also reduce cash bail, end the federal government’s use of private prisons, boost states to restore voting rights for felons and implement a $20 billion grant program "to support criminal justice reform at the state and local level."

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"Tackling systemic racism and fighting for civil rights has been a driving force throughout Biden’s career in public service," his campaign states on the plan’s webpage. "He has a history of fighting for and delivering for the African American community. As a U.S. Senator he co-sponsored the Civil Rights Act of 1990 to shield against employment discrimination and led multiple reauthorizations of the Voting Rights Act, defending African Americans' right to vote."

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Meanwhile, rapper Ice Cube has endorsed the Trump camp for taking interest in his “Contract with Black America” plan before the election. Ice Cube guarded himself against social media strikes for going with Trump on his "Platinum Plan" for Black Americans, telling “Fox News Sunday” in October that he is “not playing politics with this."

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“I’m willing to meet with anybody who could bring this to life and make it a reality,” he told host Chris Wallace.

Earlier this month, the rapper endorsed the president’s Platinum Plan to invest $500 billion in Black communities. In the video, Ice Cube stated that Democrats “got every Black celebrity” on “their team,” so “they just figured to tell Cube to shut the f--- up and vote.”

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