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1/Sooo...let'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'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'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're being told to practice?
4/Instead, that answer reminds us that when white women default to self-preservation, we rally around ourselves. It's actually advice found in a 2019 quote from a Black feminist author who supported Warren; this kind of dissonance may explain why Kamala'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't be passive. For reference, here are 2 links that tracked Kamala's erasure:
@mayatcontreras https://www.damemagazine.com/2019/12/04/did-legacy-media-kill-kamalas-campaign/
@Sludgeycourt https://medium.com/@courtneybswanson/white-out-the-unrelenting-quest-to-erase-kamala-harris-d8b4de2c3fb7
@mayatcontreras https://www.damemagazine.com/2019/12/04/did-legacy-media-kill-kamalas-campaign/
@Sludgeycourt https://medium.com/@courtneybswanson/white-out-the-unrelenting-quest-to-erase-kamala-harris-d8b4de2c3fb7
