We Need A Black Woman In Charge

We Need A Black Woman In Charge

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The Exclusive Nature Of Whiteness

The Exclusive Nature Of Whiteness

And why we should no longer doubt Kamala Harris' Blackness

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Zuri Stevens
Aug 01, 2024
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As a Black mother of two mixed-race children, I raise them like they were Black. I don’t do this because I dislike whiteness; I do this because whiteness has a problem with my blackness and theirs. Let me explain.

White people have always othered those who do not share their whiteness. During the TransAtlantic slave trade, segregation, the Jim Crow era…

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