08-13-2020, 12:37 AM
(08-12-2020, 09:57 PM)hollodero Wrote: I'm a bit bored, so let me just ask one question: Why did it have to be a black woman? After all, there already was a black president, so one might say this ethnicity already was covered quite well recently in regards to WH honors. I might get why it is a woman, but it would have been way fairer to choose a latina woman this time around. Hispanic population in the US is 18%, blacks are 16%, so why was it their turn yet again?
LOL identity rotation?
A supplement to Bpat's points. The pressure for a black female VP has been there for over four years.
Demand for Biden to Name Black Woman Surges Ahead of Vice Presidential Pick
https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2020-08-11/demand-for-biden-to-name-black-woman-surges-ahead-of-vice-presidential-pick
"Black women are sick and tired of being considered the backbone of the Democratic Party. We want to be recognized as leaders. We want all the things. We're due," Democratic consultant and 2016 Clinton campaign spokeswoman Karen Finney told The 19th, a nonprofit newsroom reporting on gender, politics and policy.
More than 100 Black men, including celebrities and athletes and academics, signed an open letter Monday to Biden, demanding that he choose an African American woman for the job. Biden has already committed to putting the first Black woman on the Supreme Court, but his vice president would likely be someone with whom he interacts and consults with on a regular basis.
"For too long Black women have been asked to do everything from rally the troops to risk their lives for the Democratic Party with no acknowledgment, no respect, no visibility, and certainly not enough support," said the letter, signed by such figures as rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, civil rights attorney Ben Crump and prominent Georgetown University sociology professor Michael Eric Dyson.