Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Bottom line problem: No black or brown person will be on any primary ballot [View all]Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)After Barack Obama, the one thing that the Republicans did not want to face was a young, good looking, well educated Black man. So, I believe the right orchestrated a campaign against him. On places like Fox News, they said things like "Cory Booker is lazy". This athlete, this guy who worked his butt off to get well educated, this guy who ran into a burning house to save someone, was supposedly "lazy". Well calling a Black person "lazy" is one of the oldest tricks in the book for American White racists. It is especially ironic because Black people were bought as slaves and worked to death on plantations while plantation owners sat on their butts. However, White racists have never cared much about the truth.
Regarding Kamala Harris, I think she had some trouble with her campaign. She had her sister in a place of importance on her campaign, which may have sounded like a good idea at first, but if someone on your staff is your sister, and you think they messed up, you might have a really hard time letting them go from your campaign.
I am a Biden supporter, and I keep pushing for Kamala to be Biden's VP pick if he wins the nomination. I think that would perfectly position Kamala for another Presidential run in the future because about 30% of Vice Presidents actually go on to become Presidents. I think not only could Biden/Kamala kick Trump's butt, but it could easily become Kamala 2028 in a few years, and then she would start out at the frontrunner who everyone knew and the establishment-backed.
It is true that it looks like we will end up not having a person of color on the top of the ticket this year, but 2008, 2012, 2016, and 2018 showed that Democrats are ready to elect women, people in the LGBTQ* community, and people of color--including Black, Latino, Middle Eastern, and Native Americans. By 2050, White people in America will be in the minority, and the power of non-White people will only grow. The road to change can be incredibly slow, but it is changing.
Barack Obama would have never gotten elected unless a heck of a lot of white people voted for him. I know dozens of White people who voted for him, and they did not do so reluctantly. They did so happily, and proudly. My brother and I, both of us White, cheered when Obama won in 2008, as did millions of White people across this country. It is not always going to be a Black person at the top of the ticket, but starting in 2008, it is not always going to be a White person either.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden