Kamala Harris is a black woman living in the United States, so the assertion that racism or sexism couldn’t have possibly factored into negative perceptions of her is absurd. But I’m unconvinced that misogynoir alone sunk her presidential campaign. And I’m alarmed that the hurdles black women go through are being weaponized—especially by white liberals—to deify Harris in the aftermath of her presidential run. So naturally, both of the aforementioned are happening on social media and in editorials, where discourse on the end of Harris’s 2020 presidential run sounds increasingly alarmist.
CTV that she suspects Harris received disproportionately negative press, which doomed her campaign, and worries about what her treatment means for the next black woman who will run for president.It’s a grim assessment that feels a bit dramatic coming from Harris supporters, and absolutely baffling coming from people who were never planning on voting for Harris in the primary in the first place.
It’s true, the December debate will likely look very fucking white, and it’s appalling that billionaire latecomers like Michael Bloomberg and Tom Steyer have effectively bought their way to the debate stage. But as embarrassing as it is that the debate stage will not represent the racial diversity of the Democratic party, the truth is that most Democrats—of all races—have been supporting one white candidate or another since the primary season began.
Harris had the opportunity to convince black voters that their attachment to Biden was superficial, that she’s tougher than Warren, that she would be a more effective party leader than Sanders, and that she could sweep the floor with Trump in a debate. But after some tentatively promising numbers early on, she eventually fell flat.
There have been solid critiques of Harris navigating the racist landscape that she occupies and that white candidates take for granted. Professor Brittany Cooperthat it would be difficult for Harris to run on the same kind of progressive platform that left-leaning candidates like Sanders or Warren have when “the right has constructed the welfare state as synonymous with a Black and Brown undeserving poor.
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