Democrats need to get real about RFK Jr.’s strength with Black voters

“When White folks catch a cold, Black folks get pneumonia.” It’s a phrase I’ve heard my dad say many times, typically when fretting about finances or how the economy disadvantages people who look like us. A more literal manifestation of this idea turned up during the pandemic, when covid-19 devastated Black communities at rates that are still hard to grasp today.

It’s a concept that Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has become the face of a political movement defined by medical conspiracy theories, seems to understand. He received endless media coverage after telling a...