I think the only thing that circulated on the internet more than Mike Pence's pet fly from the Vice Presidential Debate was Kamala Harris's facial expressions.
Black women understood very well what her faces meant and how she had to compose herself out of fear of being labeled an ABW, "an "angry, black woman".
We understood when Harris had to put her foot down so a white man would understand that it was her time to speak and she was not to be interrupted.
This all resonated with us because Kamala is a black woman.
And therein lies the duality of Sen. Kamal Harris. We can recognize that she is a black woman and will thus go through this election facing not just sexism, but racism as well. Plights of a black woman. But we can also recognize that she is no friend to the black community.
Senator Harris served as California's Attorney General from 2011 to 2017.
She was the San Francisco district attorney from 2004 to 2011.
During Harris's 6 years as AG, 18 people were killed by police in San Francisco.
Her constituents routinely called for her to intervene in these cases, to no avail.
As a prosecutor, Harris oversaw more than 1,900 cannabis-related convictions in San Francisco.After this track record, she the nerve to claim to smoke weed while listening to Tupac and Snoop in the 90s on The Breakfast Club.
All this serves as a reminder that Kamala Harris is no friend to the black community, despite being a black woman who will be seen through the white male gaze during her run for VP.
