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Bettie

(16,095 posts)

1. She's a woman and she's not white

Reply to NCDem47 (Original post)

Wed Mar 9, 2022, 09:17 AM

Mar 2022

she has to do everything in order to be perceived as doing anything.

That's how it works in this country.

A white woman has to be twice as good.

A non-white woman has to be many more times than that.

All in order to be perceived as half as competent as the most mediocre white man possible.

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Argument with relative about Kamala Harris [View all] NCDem47 Mar 2022 OP

She's a woman and she's not white Bettie Mar 2022 #1

Truth. NCDem47 Mar 2022 #3

Sad but true. I had a elderly woman of color who was patiently waiting for her exam mitch96 Mar 2022 #6

The sad truth is MacKasey Mar 2022 #10

Reminds me of how stupid people found out about some of the things presidents routinely do by Solomon Mar 2022 #2

This person sounds like a racist misogynist JI7 Mar 2022 #4

Many more conversations like this will take place during Ketanji Brown Jackson's confirmation. sop Mar 2022 #5

Since when was she suppose to be the border czar? Really stupid. LiberalFighter Mar 2022 #7

Didn't Biden put her in charge of that at the start of his Presidency? Mad_Machine76 Mar 2022 #11

VP Harris is in charge of getting to the root causes Kaleva Mar 2022 #14

My brother and sister are in the same vein zeusdogmom Mar 2022 #8

I'd have stopped him at "czar." Authoritarians and populists may prefer "czars" Hortensis Mar 2022 #9

Why isn't she camped out at the border?!? jcgoldie Mar 2022 #12

Ted Cruz Watch lame54 Mar 2022 #17

He started paying attention when it was someone he hates. Iggo Mar 2022 #13

You could explain to your son-in-law what VP Harris's actual responsibility is Kaleva Mar 2022 #15

Probably he hates every Democrat Polybius Mar 2022 #16