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Tracey Henley's avatar

All this is true. But again, we were talking about a white man giving political power to a Black woman.

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SandyG's avatar

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.

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dcicero's avatar

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.

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Carol S.'s avatar

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.

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