On Wednesday night, late-night television hosts dove headfirst into the fallout from this weeks Senate race in Alabama. Over on The Daily Show, Trevor Noah tapped the programs correspondent Dulce Sloan to highlight one of the bigger takeaways from Doug Joness squeaker win over Roy Moore: the role of Alabamas black women in delivering a win for Democrat Jones over Republican Moore.
According to exit polls, 98 percent of black women voted for Jones, with 93 percent of black men turning up for the candidate. White men and women, by contrast, voted 26 and 34 percent for Jones, respectively.
The strong showing sparked a lot of social media commentary and celebration online for black women, cascading to the point where a hashtag (#blackwomen) began trending on Twitter.
People are saying thank you to black women, online you saw it, it must have been nice to see black womens contributions finally recognized, Noah told Sloan.
Yes! Weve been through so much! Sloan shot back. And youre welcome, white people. But lets be honest, we didnt do it for you, we did it for ourselves. No black woman cast her vote going, This ones for Scott!' she said as the audience cracked up.
So if you really want to thank us, how about you change the laws making it easier for us to vote, or sing our praises by giving us raises. Or at the very least cancel winter. You know only white people like snow.