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Whiteness Hides Their Racism In Angry Black Woman Stereotype & Birtherism 2.0 To Attack Harris
It hasn’t even been a century since segregation ended — somewhat, and we are still dealing with the same racist ideologies handed down through generations. We are dealing with racism, the kind that is easily concealed because it’s no longer “cool to be racist”. So it hides — in stereotypes, in patriotism, in any crevice that a light can’t shine.
“Attack”, “angry”, “not Black American”, are just a few of the phrases hurled at Kamala Harris since she outshone all the other Democratic presidential candidates on the second night of the Democratic Debate.
This is a racist, political maneuver meant to shift the focus on her tone rather than Biden’s past actions — a common play by whiteness.
It isn’t only Republicans that are attacking Kamala Harris. There are Democrats as well who show greater concern for how Harris called out Biden rather than the fact that a) Biden’s history and even some of his current actions are wrong and b) he didn’t address the issue except to get defensive and hide behind semantics.
“I did not oppose busing in America, what I opposed is busing ordered by the Department of Education” is like saying “I didn’t hit you in the face. The ball hit you.” Biden had an opportunity to admit that he’d…
