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Originally Posted by Sliver
Well, I'm going to be a little cautious about how I tell you, a woman of colour, to feel about this. I will say what I've learned from BLM over the past couple months is POC in the USA can certainly have a more difficult time and face more obstacles than I know I've faced in my life. If parents raising their non-white daughter can point to VP Kamala Harris as somebody they can aspire to be, that could be a motivator for them. It is isn't for you and that's obviously fine, but come on, it's not weird for that to be helpful for somebody.
I know I used the prospect of Hillary being president as a conversation piece with my then 10-year-old daughter in 2016. Kids aren't stupid - she had already clued in that more men seemed to be in powerful positions than women. The idea of a woman being president definitely appealed to her.
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Your comment made me think of the great example of white skinned, blond haired, blue eyed Jesus pictures that hang on everyone's wall. People gravitated to an image that reflected them. It made them more comfortable supporting a god that looked like them. It is something that was mainstream. It was something done even by the majority group in America. So acting as if this is some sort of weird unique phenomenon does come off as a typical girly hot take.