Colin Sheridan: Democrats have only themselves to blame for the trouble they are in
Democratic presidential nominee and US vice president Kamala Harris at a campaign rally in Erie,Pennsylvania. Picture: Jacquelyn Martin
Remember too, that despite the social media slogan, 'Trust Black Women,' you too have to be trustworthy. Black faces in high places are not going to save us. Just look at the black woman's hand, ambassador at the UN, voting against a ceasefire in Gaza. That is, our blackness and our womanness are not in themselves trustworthy if we allow ourselves to be conscripted into positions of power that maintain the oppressive status quo.
Professor Ruha Benjamin, Atlanta, 2024
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