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1/Sooo...let& #39;s try this again with less vinegar. I have curated a very, VERY pro-Kamala TL. Our bias notwithstanding, the flack that I see Warren get, now that the veepstakes is heating up, cannot be dismissed as petty catfighting. (1/5)
2/Some of us are tougher on Warren and give Harris the benefit of the doubt b/c that& #39;s something Black women rarely get...but we back it up and Kamala happens to have earned it through a long history of speaking to us. I& #39;m sensitive to not pitting women against each other BUT...
3/Black women hardly ever reap the benefits of such solidarity. We get erased; no one has OUR backs. Which brings me to this: how do we reconcile this answer and the walk off with the solidarity we& #39;re being told to practice?
4/Instead, that answer reminds us that when white women default to self-preservation, we rally around ourselves. It& #39;s actually advice found in a 2019 quote from a Black feminist author who supported Warren; this kind of dissonance may explain why Kamala& #39;s supporters go so hard:
5/Yet #KHive is told to smile more while we wait for goodwill that never comes; all while white women are elevated. We can& #39;t be passive. For reference, here are 2 links that tracked Kamala& #39;s erasure:
@mayatcontreras https://www.damemagazine.com/2019/12/04/did-legacy-media-kill-kamalas-campaign/
https://www.damemagazine.com/2019/12/0... href="https://twitter.com/Sludgeycourt">@Sludgeycourt https://medium.com/@courtneybswanson/white-out-the-unrelenting-quest-to-erase-kamala-harris-d8b4de2c3fb7">https://medium.com/@courtney...
@mayatcontreras https://www.damemagazine.com/2019/12/04/did-legacy-media-kill-kamalas-campaign/
