#kamelaharris

If right now you are posting on social media about your disappointment and that it hurts ur feelings that this woman of color has currently been added to the ticket, because you “support black women, just not this one” I think you need to take a minute and evaluate the criteria you use to judge black people, Indian people and women. And why you feel this is an appropriate time to make a public statement on the issue. Racism and misogyny are the lenses that this country uses to view people through, if you believe this doesn’t apply to you I really want to know:

Were you this upset about Tim Kaine being added to the ticket in 2016? Did you publicly post about how disappointed you were at his addition? Did you publicly mock and disavow him with memes? Were you upset that he was against decriminalization of marijuana at the federal level? Did you care about him cutting taxes for billionares while he was governor of VA resulting in the 25% spike in tuition for all public universities in the state? When he supported the creation of more coal power plants against the advice of environmental activists? Did it bother you, that as the first white mayor of Richmond in a decade, Kaine supported the creation of public murals of Robert e Lee? Why wasn’t there the same non nuanced discourse about how this disqualifies him from public support?

“Trump’s rise and success as a leader of the Republican party is firmly rooted in racism. To be clear, it would be wrong to conclude that all Republicans are racists (although Trump clearly believes so). But it would not be wrong to conclude that the GOP has mortgaged its future to racism, hoping that stoking racial fears will allow Republicans to achieve a final four years in power before their party collapses. On second thought, that assessment is not harsh enough. Republicans have mortgaged their souls to racism, making a losing bet that history will forget that they exploited the legacy of slavery to promote their political fortunes. They need only look to the example of Rep. John Lewis and Sheriff Bull Connor. Bull Connor permitted the KKK to firebomb a bus that was bringing the Freedom Riders—including a young John Lewis—to Birmingham. Bull Connor died a broken man, and his Wikipedia entry describes him as “an international symbol of institutional racism.” John Lewis was eulogized by three presidents and called a “new Founding Father” of a better America.