If you’re interested in sharing your opinion on any cultural, political or personal topic, create an account here and check out our how-to post to learn more. Opinions are the writer’s own and not those of Blavity's. ____ Democrats have an identity problem. Maybe that’s not news to you. Maybe the outcomes of recent elections have continued to tell you what you’ve already known — that the Democratic party is lost. But the thing we haven’t been told yet, it’s on us to fix it. While the Republican playbook is an easy one to follow (and an even easier one to see coming) — continue to play into and exacerbate Americans’ fears, while weaponizing opponents’ missteps to the point of exhaustion — it’s not one Democrats should necessarily subscribe to. But what Democrats are doing now isn’t working either. By continuing to lean into more of the same — the same messages, the same faces and the same tactics for turning out voters without motivating and inspiring new demographics — we’re...
