Harris takes on questions about her “blackness”

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The thread isn’t about Trump. That’s it. Almost every non-Trump thread has him mentioned (and it’s usually a whataboutism) and then we are off topic.

Here's an idea. I've never seen you write more than 2 sentences, maybe 3 on any post in American Politics. I think it would be fantastic if once you'd tell us what you actually think about a topic, as opposed to just asking "questions".

There's a value to sparking a conversation but when one does so it is not appropriate to then decree that when other people actually put thought into a response to simply denigrate their posts.

Try engaging in conversation for a change!

Tell me what you REALLY THINK is going on with Kamala Harris in this present case. Just lay it out for us.

Maybe then we can have a DISCUSSION.
 
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Here's an idea. I've never seen you write more than 2 sentences, maybe 3 on any post in American Politics. I think it would be fantastic if once you'd tell us what you actually think about a topic, as opposed to just asking "questions".

There's a value to sparking a conversation but when one does so it is not appropriate to then decree that when other people actually put thought into a response to simply denigrate their posts.

Try engaging in conversation for a change!

Tell me what you REALLY THINK is going on with Kamala Harris in this present case. Just lay it out for us.

Maybe then we can have a DISCUSSION.
The thread isn’t about me.
 
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Most of the reports I read were presented as if this were a known issue, and she was questioned about it. But none of the articles I read (which were three, all basically quoting the same interview) cited any of these criticisms directly.
 
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The thread isn’t about me.

Nor did I ask you to make it about you. I simply want to know what your opinion is on this. YOU raised the OP. I tried repeatedly to have a conversation. I addressed the OP (I even answered the question of the OP) and all you have done is critique my posts without providing any real discussion of the OP yourself!

I told you exactly what I think (because I am honestly interested in the topic). I have seen you do nothing but divert this thread by constantly attacking my posting style because you disagree.

Please stop that. Try, TRY, to carry on a conversation. That is what a DISCUSSION is.
 
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Nor did I ask you to make it about you. I simply want to know what your opinion is on this. YOU raised the OP. I tried repeatedly to have a conversation. I addressed the OP (I even answered the question of the OP) and all you have done is critique my posts without providing any real discussion of the OP yourself!

I told you exactly what I think (because I am honestly interested in the topic). I have seen you do nothing but divert this thread by constantly attacking my posting style because you disagree.

Please stop that. Try, TRY, to carry on a conversation. That is what a DISCUSSION is.
I post what I think is important.

Now, back to the thread.
 
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the criticisms of her "blackness" have nothing to with DNA or lineage. the issue isn't even really about whether or not she's "black enough".

the black community's issue with her is that she is attempting to insult the intelligence of the community by seeking their support not by citing the tangible benefits that she will bring to the black community, but by claiming her own blackness by doing silly things such as tweeting videos of her dancing to cardi B(who BTW doesn't claim to be black herself), posing in front of posters of black panther saying "Wakanda forever" with a black woman's natural hairstyle, and telling us about how she listened to "salt and pepper" and liked a tribe called quest back in the day while giving a shout to a member of that group(phife) who has been dead for 2 years.

because of these things, she believes black people should vote for her. nothing about what she's actually gonna do for the community but "hey, I do black people stuff, vote for me".


BTW...Russian bots?....really???
 
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Sounds like Birth Certificate-Type stuff. She’ll win or lose based on her own merits.
Yes she will win or lose on her own merits but she can stop the inauthentic behavior.
 
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I post what I think is important.

Now, back to the thread.

Kamala Harris herself brought up Birtherism in the interviews discussed in the OP.

Am I allowed to discuss the OP with regards to what she discussed in the interviews?

Birtherism was systematically leveraged by the GOP nominee for the President in 2016 as a means of delegitimizing him.

Past is prologue*

(*that means that what happened in the PAST can help us understand what is going to happen in the future.)
 
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Sounds like Birth Certificate-Type stuff. She’ll win or lose based on her own merits.

I didn't think we were allowed to discuss ANYTHING except the 15 words used in the OP.
 
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Google translation from what language?

(Just sticking with the original 15 words of the OP. I tried discussing the topic with something like subtlety and nuance and even a smattering of insight, and I even addressed the OP directly, but I was accused repeatedly of going off topic so I figured the only choice I had was the original 15 words of the OP. Ooops! Now look at what you've made me! OH no!)
 
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Again I keep thinking of my friend who is shunned in the states by the black community for not being the "right kind of black". When that happens, it causes issues. In an ideal world, everyone would be treated with respect where it didn't matter on heritage and race, but here we are.

It happens and the issue is often related to assimilation and an absence of behaviors/interests/markers that are considered "black." If he was reared in an environment and exposed to activities and perspectives outside of that consensus there's the suggestion that he isn't "one of them." When I was younger it was labeled "acting white" or "speaking white" or another remark which articulates difference from the norm. I was never shunned but I didn't try to fit in either. I look for common denominators in my friendships. Color is immaterial.
 
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