Joe Biden, after decades in politics, consented to be the vice president to a younger black man who hadn't even finished a full senate term. He agreed to be a subordinate, with a quiet (and limited), secondary role, under a black man holding the most powerful office in the land and commanding enthusiastic popular support.
Joe Biden, after decades in politics, consented to be the vice president to a younger black man who hadn't even finished a full senate term. He agreed to be a subordinate, with a quiet (and limited), secondary role, under a black man holding the most powerful office in the land and commanding enthusiastic popular support.
Perhaps Biden expected that being VP to Obama would help him gain the presidency -- but it would be with the understanding that a black man helped him get to that position.
Many other white men took even quieter roles in assisting the presidency of a black man, with no plans of seeking great power themselves.
To be precise, Biden didn't give political power - the presidency - to Kamala. He gave her the opportunity to be selected by the party delegates as the nominee. It's up to the voters to give her that power.
Biden chose Harris as his VP knowing that being VP can be a stepping stone to the presidency - which means having power over every white man (and woman) in the land. And if she is president, she will have vastly more power than her white husband -- who appears to welcome that prospect.
And yes, Obama is a black man, not a black woman -- but if "woman" is the crucial aspect in the argument, why not just say that men never give away political power to women?
The whole Obama phenomenon included a lot of white men willing and eager to give a black man more power than they aspired to have themselves.
Joe Biden, after decades in politics, consented to be the vice president to a younger black man who hadn't even finished a full senate term. He agreed to be a subordinate, with a quiet (and limited), secondary role, under a black man holding the most powerful office in the land and commanding enthusiastic popular support.
Perhaps Biden expected that being VP to Obama would help him gain the presidency -- but it would be with the understanding that a black man helped him get to that position.
Many other white men took even quieter roles in assisting the presidency of a black man, with no plans of seeking great power themselves.
All this is true. But again, we were talking about a white man giving political power to a Black woman.
To be precise, Biden didn't give political power - the presidency - to Kamala. He gave her the opportunity to be selected by the party delegates as the nominee. It's up to the voters to give her that power.
Exactly right. He took an action that allowed her a shot. That's it. A fair shot, which is all anyone has a right to ask for in this world.
Biden chose Harris as his VP knowing that being VP can be a stepping stone to the presidency - which means having power over every white man (and woman) in the land. And if she is president, she will have vastly more power than her white husband -- who appears to welcome that prospect.
And yes, Obama is a black man, not a black woman -- but if "woman" is the crucial aspect in the argument, why not just say that men never give away political power to women?
The whole Obama phenomenon included a lot of white men willing and eager to give a black man more power than they aspired to have themselves.