Kamala Harris is standing at the edge of a glass cliff. As a Black woman, I’ve been there too
As Kamala Harris vies for the highest position in the country she faces the same unfair challenges that are all too familiar to women of color.
Vice President Kamala Harris and I have a lot in common: we are both Black girls from East Oakland, AKA sorority sisters; we are both graduates of UC Hastings Law College. When Harris was District Attorney of San Francisco, she gave the keynote address at my Black Law Students Association event at my request. In fact, she was one of the first people I told I was pregnant when she asked me directly why I wasn’t drinking the wine at the fundraiser we had for her AG run in my house.
And now she has been recommended and endorsed to seek the biggest role the world has to offer. When will I ever see that again?