The face of America’s ugly Gaza policy: "... Can we really celebrate Black women [Kamala Harris] in power who can’t use said power to prevent death and starvation inflicted on a stateless people? I — like an increasing number of voters — don’t think so." Karen Attiah

Black women are the face of America’s ugly Gaza policy

By Karen Attiah

 in The Washington Post

March 5, 2024 

For Black women, the liminal space in which Black History Month becomes Women’s History Month feels like the time to reflect on our progress — and how far we have to go.

The Biden administration has deployed Black women as both velvet gloves and iron fists in respect to Israel’s latest assault on Gaza, in which more than 30,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. They are both enforcing U.S. complicity in this atrocity and attempting to soften its appearance.

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How did Kamala Harris go from being a rising star to a damp squib?

Arwa Mahdawi

The first female vice-president was supposed to be the future of the Democratic party – now she looks like ancient history

 

Remember Kamala Harris? Just a few years ago the first female vice-president of the US was surrounded by fanfare, splashed on the cover of Vogue and being feted as the future of the Democratic party. For a brief moment, it seemed plausible that Joe Biden, the oldest inaugurated president in history, might serve just a single term and then gracefully hand the reins over to his VP. “Ms Harris now finds herself the most clearly positioned heir to the White House,” the New York Times mused after the 2020 election....  READ MORE    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/apr/16/how-did-kamala-harris-go-from-being-a-rising-star-to-a-damp-squib