ancestorswatching: Kamala Harris would be the first female president, the first black female preside
ancestorswatching: Kamala Harris would be the first female president, the first black female president, the first mixed race female president. She’s intelligent, poised, and assertive. However, we can’t let the excitement and validation we may feel as a community cloud our judgement. Harris has an extensive history of supporting and making decisions that negatively impact black and brown people.Pushed a law that forces schools to turn undocumented students over to ICE, separating them from their parents and violating human rightsSpent years jailing disproportionately black nonviolent cannabis usersOpposed reforming California’s three-strikes law, which is the only one in the country to impose life sentences for minor felonies and incarcerates black people at 12x the rate as white people, three different times, even while her Republican opponent supported reformVoted two different times to block federal funding for abortionsThat isn’t even close to all the terrible policies Kamala Harris has backed and/or helped put in place. Having African heritage does not make her a sister, ya’ll.Check out the article I pulled these links from here: https://medium.com/@westonpagano/a-guide-to-the-2020-democratic-candidates-you-should-not-vote-for-c1c6e4c9c26?fbclid=IwAR3tCsQoMzjhFuZqJ66CoaiNcKbE6QDRyv6nQdWE4n6pUAATnPa-F1gokgs The writer is a guy I went to high school with who knows his stuff when it comes to politics. Thanks Weston! -- source link