Finding the Real Kamala Harris: Black Women, Politics, and Stereotypes
EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode, the hosts discuss how Black women face dual challenges at the intersection of race and gender bias in our society, particularly when they seek positions of power and influence.
In politics, the opponent often foregoes the complexity of actual issues in favor of the simplicity of caricatures, buzz-words, or one-dimensional labels.
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Different language used for men and women
https://hbr.org/2018/05/the-different-words-we-use-to-describe-male-and-female-leaders
Women in the modern Civil Rights Movement
https://nmaahc.si.edu/sites/default/files/images/black_women_civil_rights_movement_5.pdf
Michelle Obama labeled angry Black woman
https://time.com/4606458/michelle-obama-angry-black-woman-label-oprah/
Ida B. Wells Biography
https://www.biography.com/activist/ida-b-wells
Overcoming the angry Black woman stereotype
This short segment talks about the 19th Amendment being a white project. Black women were disadvantaged even as the country was celebrating a victory for democracy.
Barbara Jordan Nixon Impeachment speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrqVBclJVco
Shirley Chisholm Biographies:
https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/shirley-chisholm
Kamala Harris’ voting record
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/kamala_harris/412678