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The article is about 2016 ads, yes. Doesn't make it "rubbish." As far as being "entitled," that IS a rubbish argument as Black people vote in the primary, and
by Robotbeat 6y ago
The article is about 2016 ads, yes. Doesn't make it "rubbish."
As far as being "entitled," that IS a rubbish argument as Black people vote in the primary, and Biden (for instance) became the nominee in large part due to support from the Black community (to say nothing of his running mate who is also part of the Black community). Arguing that communities don't have any agency when they, in fact, have a disproportionately large role in primaries shows a lack of knowledge of the Democratic party. And generally speaking, ignoring the primary process is an unfortunately common problem with our political discourse. I think both major parties would be better if people paid more attention to the primaries (and nominated better people).
- derision 6y agoWhen Kamala was elected to Congress she was reported to be the first Indian woman in Congress. Now she's black?
- Robotbeat 6y agoMost people have two biological parents. So yes, she can be both Indian and Black. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/us/kamala-harris-parents.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/us/kamala-harris-parents....
- evan_ 6y agoher father is Black and her mother was Indian.
- djsumdog 6y agoShe's a descendant of an Indian and of a Jamaican. She's "black" but not ADOS (descendant of slavery). Honestly I see these identifications to a political ends as very problematic. Your political beliefs and policy decisions should stand on their own, absent a person's identity.
- tome 6y ago> She's "black" but not ADOS (descendant of slavery). How not? Surely most black Jamaicans are descendants of slaves.
- nirav72 6y agoNot sure why that is an issue - She's of mixed-race/mix-ancestry. When she won her senate seat, she was not the first person of African ancestry to be elected to the senate. But she was indeed the first one of Indian ancestry. Now that she's a VP candidate,she is the first woman of African ancestry to be picked for that position.
- vkou 6y agoLet's not pretend that the candidates that make it to the primary ballots exist in a vaccum. There was a lot of institutional momentum behind Hillary, which turned out to be entirely misplaced. She got picked over Sanders - okay, I get it, people voted. (And he isn't exactly a darling of that demographic.) But why was she the DNC front-runner, to begin with? And when the actual election happened... It resulted in a low voter turnout among the African American community. TFA blames the Trump campaign for it, without stopping for even a moment to think 'Maybe the democratic campaign should have found a better candidate'. Remember 2008, when, despite the wishes of the DNC, a candidate that did energize the African American community won the primaries?