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HOLY SHIT. This is a much bigger deal than people realize. Politico is suggesting that her identity is in question to begin with. It's not.
She didn't evade a question about her identity because there is no question about her identity. She passed an opportunity to get upset over Trump's comments.
It's just a different version of that Birther shit they tried to use on Obama
At least with the birther shit, there was a question of whether Obama should just put the question to rest or ignore it.
This is literally just an insult for her being multiracial. And Politico is asking if she's hiding something.
Even pro obama people got gaslit by how hard they tried to sell the lie. The question was always "put to rest", his birth certificate was already released, birthers were demanding a document that was the first result in a google search of said document.
I just looked up something birther related and the second result was a legit looking site that just had a ton of misinformation posted in 2016.
Just changing the word"evades" to "deflects" would have made all the difference in the world.
Not a Kamala fan, but her response seemed totally appropriate.
... would have made all the difference in the world, and been more accurate as well. I wouldn't even have minded the "slams" here.
It was a dismissal.
"But what about the drammmmaaaaaaa?" - Politico
Politico belongs to Axel Springer now so it has absolutely 0 credibility left.
Feels like how they treated Obama over the birth certificate
Like she said: same old, tired playbook
I immediately thought that they were questioning her gender identity when I saw the post title. 😅
yeah this is like saying "next question" when someone asks you if you're an extraterrestrial lizard and then politico saying you "avoid questions about extraterrestrial origins".
Any picture of her face, on any campaign poster in any of her campaigns, shows her Black heritage. She doesn't have to say anything about it, it's obvious. And Harris is a common Black name. Her Asian heritage is not as apparent, so it bears mentioning. I might also mention that the Asian and Black communities have a history of discomfort with each other, so being obviously Black could have caused some Asian people who didn't know her full heritage to vote for the white male Republican rather than a Black person. Black people have more experience with mixed-race heritage. Being a savvy politician, knowing how to approach different people, is a positive thing.
But she's always run on her own capability. It's others who tout or disparage her racial experience.
What discomfort between Black and Asian ( esp. Indian Asian ?? ) that doesn't exist at all. Chinese / Japanese communities may or may not have issues with Black communities, but Indians have emigrated to Africa and elsewhere without any issues with Black communities.
Not all Asian or Black communities are the same.