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If I'm being honest I've been so disappointed with the Democratic Party since 2017. I remember watching Tom Perez & Bernie Sanders embarking on that damn unity tour and what they focused on. Meanwhile us Black Women, 94% of us whom voted for Hillary, were ignored.
I remember the DNC being called out for this when that letter was written to them about how we were being ignored. I remember calling them out too. But nothing changed. Then they threw platitudes our way when we handed Doug Jones & VA their wins. But we got more of the same.
The only moment I knew something was changing was when I saw the class we sent to the House in 2018. I'll never forget being home last January & watching them get sworn in & just how good it felt to see a class that started to look more like me. And then when those kids came up.
Then when Kamala Harris & Julian Castro decided to run, I was able to relate to them as their stories mirrored my story & the plans they put out actually addressed us, the marginalized. In them I saw a real chance for us. I'll never understand why people chose how they did.
I'll never get why Black & Brown folk put their eggs in the basket they did. Maybe it's because they didn't trust White folk to do the right thing. I don't know. I didn't choose that basket in the Primary. I chose who represented the marginalized, our country's future direction.
And now Black Women, like me, are left to hope we're given the chance to be on that Veep slot while helplessly watching old White men dragging the Black Women Veep candidates names through the mud. That's how we're being thanked for our years of loyalty & hard work. It sucks.
Don't worry, I'm still voting for Joe Biden. I don't have to like it. I don't have to like him. I just know the importance of doing the necessary work. I'll take solace in knowing that a record number of us are running for Congress. https://www.forbes.com/sites/erinspencer1/2020/08/06/women-of-color-are-running-for-congress-at-an-all-time-high/
