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"When Joe Biden stepped down in support of Kamala Harris, he didn’t just pass
the torch to another generation. He passed it from old white men to America’s
future.
Consider that women now compose a remarkable 60% of college undergraduates. And
that by 2050, it’s estimated that America will consist mostly of people of
color – 30% more Black people than today, 60% more Latinos and twice the number
of Asian Americans.
The power shift has already started.
Many of the people who have demanded accountability from Trump constitute a
Trump nightmare of strong and able women, including several of color – Letitia
James and Fani Willis – along with E Jean Carroll and her lawyer Roberta
Kaplan, Liz Cheney and Nancy Pelosi.
And now, Kamala Harris.
In naming JD Vance as his vice-presidential candidate, Trump feinted a torch
pass – but backwards. Vance’s white male belongs in the early 20th century.
During Vance’s bid for the Senate in Ohio in 2021, he called Democrats “a bunch
of childless cat ladies”, offering as examples Kamala Harris, Transportation
Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
“How does it make any sense that we’ve turned our country over to people who
don’t really have a direct stake in it?” Vance asked, suggesting the only way
to have a “direct stake” is by giving birth.
Even before Vance said this, Harris was stepmother to two teenagers. Soon
after, Buttigieg and his husband adopted infant twins.
By this logic, no American male – including Vance and Trump – can have a
“direct stake” in America."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
