19-year-old Zuri Davis was bullied online for supporting Rand Paul–because she’s African American. After seeing a picture of her wearing a “Stand with Rand” shirt, one Facebook commenter wrote, ” “A FEMALE AFRICAN AMERICAN who is standing with Rand. She must not realize the platform. The fact he’s pretty much regarded as a racist, sexist, a–hole along with the rest of his party.”
“I shouldn’t be judged based on how I look for my political beliefs,” Davis later told Fox News in an interview.
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Davis has since penned an eloquent defense of her beliefs in Rare. “Because I am a black woman, the commenter said I was foolish for liking Rand Paul,” she writes. “I identify as a constitutional conservative. The most important political issue to me is the application of the Constitution. That’s not going to change in 2016.”
But despite my color, gender, economic standing, sexual preference or any other imaginable category, I refuse to let the world define me by of what they see on the outside. That’s something progressives always insist on doing.
I want no part of it.
Black Americans were once told we could not sit at the front of the bus or drink from whites only water fountains. Today we are often told that we do not possess the freedom of thought.
“In 2016, I will choose liberty and stand with Rand. If you believe in a small government, transparency, criminal justice reform, the free market, and fairness in all aspects, I encourage you to do the same,” she continues. “Regardless of what you look like.”
