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Cracking the whip 

The reaction, typically by a white “ally” of people of color, to a minority or person of color who chooses to vote outside of the political alignment they are expected to be loyal to as a member of their race.
Tyrone told some of his white friends that he was voting Republican instead of Democrat. They shared all kinds of racist memes about him, called him racial slurs, absolutely awful stuff. They could not help but cracking the whip on him for what they called “voting wrong.”