a big part of his appeal with older white people swayed from the Republican vote was that he wasn't gonna give black people reparations on day one, which is what a lot of these people were sure was going to happen. His administration also said they weren't going to do anything specific for black people (goes back to him not supporting reparations, passing that sort of legislation would basically be admission of guilt and would lead to a formal apology, step one to getting reparations)