thanks to 40 years of neoliberal bullshit (implosion of labor power, erosion of worker's rights, shrinking of "prestige" employment, offshoring of certain labor)

and the fact that they are also Black, because in capitalism, esp. in the U.S., anti-Blackness is the engine. Black people are generally reserve labor.

the idea that there has been "progress in political representation" is a myth. You see black faces, but no Black policy advanced.