1/The reason Russia/GOP have decided to question Kamala's Blackness is because it's one of their favorite tactics. If you have a formidable opponent: "delegitimize" them; because Kamala has been so thoroughly vetted, this is really all they have: bring her identity into question.
2/We know Trump, The GOP, and Russia used this tactic against Obama with their racist birther conspiracy. They wanted to "delegitimize" Obama's entire Presidency. As Toni Morrision said, "The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction."
3/Russia/GOP know the US has been a powder keg around discussions of race & are using that to their advantage; many of our country's racist policies (slavery, 3/5 compromise, miscegenation laws) have long attempted to define our humanity, Blackness, &representation w/o our input.
4/The goal? 1. To suppress the vote 2. Delegitimize Kamala 3. Be outright painful. (this is why I study narratives - there is always a goal to a narrative). They're hoping that by putting Kamala's Blackness into question, it will put several wedges into Black communities.
6/This was a tactic deployed against Hillary Clinton last election, bots telling Black people "there's no difference between Hillary Clinton and Trump." etc. They're trying to do the same now to Kamala. (Hi! We see what they're doing.) https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-49987657
7/The painful part? The GOP/Russia have thrown that one in just for fun. They know its painful for folx like me and Kamala who are from mixed backgrounds. Like Kamala I grew up in Black communities. My Blackness never came into question except w/white people. (Me & My brothers)
8/Because I am less melanated, the racist questions white people might not have asked a more melinated person they'd ask me, as if I was a gatekeeper. They'd ask if I considered myself Black OR Latina. They were constantly trying to define me without listening to me.
9/I share all of this because we have to be aware of what the GOP and Russia (and some leftest) are doing, and we have to admit that it is also to cause pain and division.

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