I have not been the biggest fan of Kamala Harris, but to my surprise, the candidate who underwhelmed in 2020 is gone.
What I took away: Kamala Harris is a different candidate than we saw four years ago.
That is hard for any candidate but it is an almost impossible tightrope for a Black female candidate to walk.
Americans crave the performance of authenticity as a sign that our values are in safe hands — hands just like ours.
Political candidates have to negotiate ideas about identity with an audience’s expectations of who should be in power.
Persons:
Kamala Harris, Harris, Walz, Donald Trump, Trump
Organizations:
Democratic, Zeta Phi Beta, National Federation of Teachers, Philadelphia, Trump