Elliot Kirschner offers a sobering meditation on a powerful image from the DNC, Todd Heisler's photo of Kamala Harris' great-niece Amara Ajagu watching her great-aunt accept the presidential nomination:
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Elliot Kirschner offers a sobering meditation on a powerful image from the DNC, Todd Heisler's photo of Kamala Harris' great-niece Amara Ajagu watching her great-aunt accept the presidential nomination:
"What we do know is that the presidential campaign is also being shaped by countervailing forces that represent the very opposite of what was captured in this now-iconic photograph."
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"There is a deep wellspring of hate in the United States, especially towards Black women, that has animated this nation since its founding. It is a harrowing history of white supremacy unleashing unspeakable horrors and violence. It is enslavement, Jim Crow, redlining, and unequal pay. It is repulsive tropes and memes. It is being in a room and treated as if you are not there or are a lesser human being."
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
"Every Black woman who has achieved anything in this country, or more accurately, any Black woman who has lived in this country, has experienced some form of both overt and implicit discrimination.
Donald Trump eagerly trades in this cancerous bigotry. He is a weak man who uses it to define his privilege and to power the MAGA movement, which is all about turning back the clock to when women like Kamala Harris 'knew their place.'"
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SufferForMe 🆘replied to William Lindsey :toad: last edited by
Unfortunately for Donald Trump, Kamala Harris DOES know her place - and it's well above Donald Trump.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to SufferForMe 🆘 last edited by
@sufferforme Very well-stated.