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On Nov. 8, 2019, U.S. President Donald Trump traveled to the Georgia World Congress Center in downtown Atlanta to take part in a Black Voices for Trump rally, at which the president launched an outreach initiative dedicated to recruiting and activating Black Americans in support of President Trump, as reported by (among others) CBS News: Some photographs purportedly captured at that event that showed both blacks and non-blacks wearing shirts bearing the identifier Blacks for Trump prompted readers to query us about the authenticity of those pictures, particularly one photograph featuring an older white couple: The latter photograph, and others like it, were indeed authentic, as described in a New Yorker article about the event (which included a different picture of the same couple): Some viewers apparently found such pictures somewhat incongruous, but in general we readily accept that people often support causes that don't directly affect them: men take part in League of Women Voters functions; healthy people participate in campaigns to raise awareness of breast cancer; citizens hold rallies in support of immigrants, etc. In that same vein, non-blacks might well demonstrate support for a political party or candidate who they felt would undertake greater efforts to assist black citizens.
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