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David Banner Says Black Students Should Attend HBCUs
Rapper and entrepreneur David Banner told theGrio that Black students should be attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
On Sunday, the businessman and his production company, A Banner Vision, partnered with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) to host The Thurgood Marshall College Fund RISE Concert. The virtual star-studded concert was done to help raise funds for the TMCF. Banner recently sat down and had a discussion with theGrio to talk about the event and gives his reasoning on why he feels Black students should only attend Black schools, and why inclusion is overrated.
“Books are books,” Banner says. “We want white culture and white people because we think white people are better, and that is not the truth. We are the oldest people on this planet so how can we look to anybody else to educate us? It’s not a school thing, it’s a mental thing.”
“We are always fighting for inclusion, why do you want to be included where nobody wants you, that is silly,” he says.
The event, which aired virtually last night, was done by Banner who also attended an HBCU.
On its website, the Thurgood Marshall College Fund acknowledged Banner as a graduate of TMCF member-school Southern University and a successful entrepreneur.
“David Banner embodies the essence of #RISE. He demonstrates what is possible when former student leaders invest in their dreams. He is a reflection of our HBCU students, and serves as an example of the foundation a HBCU education provides.”
The event was hosted by TMCF national ambassador and actor/producer Terrence J and actress Brandee Evans. Additional program highlights included appearances by the likes of Ne-Yo, Lil Baby, Lucky Daye, Shaquille O’Neal, and Deion Sanders.
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Rose Island | Official Trailer | Netflix
An idealistic engineer builds his own island off the Italian coast and declares it a nation, drawing the world’s attention. Values are tested when the Italian Government declares him an enemy, but to change the world risks must be taken. SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/29qBUt7 About Netflix: Netflix is the world's leading streaming entertainment service with over 195 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries and feature films across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on any internet-connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments. Rose Island | Official Trailer | Netflix https://youtube.com/Netflix
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How to Install OH-MY-ZSH in Ubuntu 20.04
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What is MongoDB? How Does MongoDB Work?
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Kenya Barris to make directorial debut with Richard Pryor biopic
‘I am excited that the mystery of his genius is finally going to be explored.’
Black-ish creator Kenya Barris will make his feature directorial debut with a biopic about late-great comedian Richard Pryor.
Barris will direct the project for MGM and produce along with Pryor’s widow Jennifer Lee Pryor via her production company, Tarnished Angel. Tory Metzger of Levantine Films is also onboard to produce with Adam Rosenberg executive producing, per Shadow and Act.
“The way Pryor did what he did–with truth and specificity that was somehow self-aware and self-deprecating, and said with an unmatched level of vulnerability–that was the power and impact of his work,” Barris said in a statement. “Pryor had a voice that was distinctly his and, in many ways, comedy since then has been derivative of what he created. To me, this is a film about that voice, the journey that shaped it, and what it took for it to come to be.”
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Said Jennifer Lee Pryor, “Having had a front row seat to much of Richard’s life, I am excited that the mystery of his genius is finally going to be explored and Kenya Barris is the perfect person to do it. Richard and Kenya are creative brothers.”
Barris’ Pryor biopic is separate from the 2016 film with Mike Epps portraying the comic legend. Lee Daniels was tapped direct the film which also had Oprah Winfrey, Eddie Murphy and Kate Hudson attached to co-star.
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MGM reportedly won the film rights to the Richard Pryor story at a highly-contested auction.
“The NY Times has said of Richard Pryor, he was an ‘iconoclastic standup comedian who transcended barriers of race and brought a biting, irreverent humor into America’s living rooms, movie houses, clubs and concert halls.’ We couldn’t agree more. Along with our partners Kenya, Tory, Jennifer and Adam, we are incredibly excited to share Richard’s extraordinary life with audiences the world over,” said Michael De Luca, MGM Film Group Chairman and Pamela Abdy, MGM Film Group President.
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Biden leading Trump in Texas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania: polls
The president claims Texas Governor Greg Abbott called him to slam recent data that suggests the state may turn blue
With just over a week until Election Day, Joe Biden has nearly doubled his lead over President Donald Trump in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, compared to last month.
The latest survey from the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison finds Biden is currently holding steady above 50 percent in all three states, while Trump is simmering in the low to mid-40s, per The Hill.
Meanwhile, the president has maintained a single-digit lead over Biden in Texas, according to a New York Times/Siena College poll published Monday.
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The polls show that 47 percent of Texas voters prefer Trump, 43 percent back Biden while 10 percent are undecided or support other candidates, Politico reports. An earlier Politico report noted that Biden was leading slightly over Trump.
“How about the last election? I was down in all nine places that I had to win. That wasn’t a good feeling,” Trump said during a recent rally in Janesville, Wisconsin. “By the end of the evening, I won all nine places, right? Think of that. Other than that, they did a great job of polling.”
Trump claims Texas Governor Greg Abbott called him to slam recent data that suggests the state may turn blue.
“And then they say, ‘President Trump is up four points in Texas’ and the governor calls me from Texas, great guy Greg [Abbott], and he says, ‘sir, that’s not true, you are up a lot’ but of course the polls won’t say that. But think about it, [Biden] is against oil, he’s against guns and against God – and you’re in Texas,” said Trump at his Pennsylvania rally on Monday (Oct. 26).
“You know we have polls too because the fake news is always giving fake numbers, they’re really called suppression polls,” Trump continued. He won Texas over Hillary Clinton four years ago, 52.2 to 43.2 percent.
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Meanwhile, according to The Hill report, Biden leads by 10 points in Michigan, 52 to 42, with five percent of voters undecided.
In Wisconsin, the former vice president is leading 53 to 44, with 3 percent undecided.
In Pennsylvania, Biden leads 52 to 44, with 3 percent undecided.
“This year, I think the polls are going to be more reflective of the actual vote,” said Barry Burden, director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin at Madison. “It’s not because the polls and the technology that are used have been improved tremendously. It’s mostly because it’s a better environment for polling.”
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Eden | Teaser Trailer | Netflix
Thousands of years into the future, there are no more humans. Only robots live in the mechanical metropolis, "Eden 3". Or so they thought... One day, two farming robots find a young human girl in the city. The decision they make will change everything... Eden, the first Netflix Japanese Original Anime, presented by director Yasuhiro Irie (Fullmetal Alchemist), and concept designer Toshihiro Kawamoto (Cowboy Bebop). Coming globally in 2021, only on Netflix! SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/29qBUt7 About Netflix: Netflix is the world's leading streaming entertainment service with over 195 million paid memberships in over 190 countries enjoying TV series, documentaries and feature films across a wide variety of genres and languages. Members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on any internet-connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments. Eden | Teaser Trailer | Netflix https://youtube.com/Netflix
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LeBron James, CNN to partner on Tulsa race massacre documentary
The SpringHill Company, founded by the star athlete, announced a partnership with CNN Films to produce the doc
Lebron James is on his way to bringing the story of Black Wall Street to the screen.
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Variety announced The SpringHill Company and CNN Films will produce Dreamland: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street. The documentary will examine the Tulsa Race Massacre that occurred in late May and June 1921 when white residents destroyed Black businesses and incited violence that resulted in death, destruction, and the demise of the Greenwood district, also known as Black Wall Street.
The film will include archival media, contemporary interviews, and narrated pieces such as letters and diary entries. Dreamland: The Rise and Fall of Black Wall Street, will also include footage of the ongoing search for physical evidence of the mass murder.
As theGrio reported, on Oct. 21, archeologists found at least ten bodies in an unmarked mass grave at a Tulsa cemetery as they search for the remains of victims of the racist attack.
“What we were finding was an indication that we were inside a large area … a large hole that had been excavated and into which several individuals had been placed and buried in that location. This constitutes a mass grave,” state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck said.
According to Variety, the film is currently in production. It is directed and produced by Salima Koroma and executive produced by James and his business partner Maverick Carter. Jamal Henderson and Philip Byron of SpringHill, and Amy Entelis and Courtney Sexton of CNN Films are also listed as producers. Jamila Jordan-Theus and Patrick Altema of SpringHill are co-executive producers for the documentary.
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At SpringHill, we embody empowerment and focus on shining a light on stories that are the fabric of American history,” said Jamal Henderson, SpringHill’s chief content officer, according to Variety.
“We cannot move forward until we acknowledge our past and this is about honoring a prosperous, booming Black community, one of many, that was brought to an end because of hate. With the lack of historic journalism around ‘Black Wall Street’ and the Tulsa Massacre of 1921, we are honored to be partnered with CNN, which has a long-standing record of credible and groundbreaking journalism. We are bringing this documentary together with a diverse crew, including local Tulsans, and making it our mission to uplift voices and people while creating impactful content.”
CNN Films will be the television distributor throughout North America, and HBO Max has acquired streaming rights to the film, according to Variety. It is expected to be completed by early 2021.
According to theGrio, The SpringHill Company signed a four-year first-look deal with Universal Pictures.
“LeBron, Maverick, and the team at SpringHill are content creators with a purpose, and we’re excited to partner with filmmakers who challenge us to tell stories that move culture forward,” said Donna Langley, chairman of Universal Filmed Entertainment Group, according to the report.
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Amy Coney Barrett confirmed as Supreme Court justice in partisan vote
Barrett, 48, and her lifetime appointment as the 115th justice will solidify the court’s rightward tilt.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Amy Coney Barrett was confirmed to the Supreme Court late Monday by a deeply divided Senate, Republicans overpowering Democrats to install President Donald Trump’s nominee days before the election and secure a likely conservative court majority for years to come.
Trump’s choice to fill the vacancy of the late liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg potentially opens a new era of rulings on abortion, the Affordable Care Act and even his own election. Democrats were unable to stop the outcome, Trump’s third justice on the court, as Republicans race to reshape the judiciary.
Barrett is 48, and her lifetime appointment as the 115th justice will solidify the court’s rightward tilt.
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Monday’s 52-48 vote was the closest high court confirmation ever to a presidential election, and the first in modern times with no support from the minority party. The spiking COVID-19 crisis has hung over the proceedings. Vice President Mike Pence’s office said Monday he would not preside at the Senate session unless his tie-breaking vote was needed after Democrats asked him to stay away when his aides tested positive for COVID-19. His vote was not necessary.
With Barrett’s confirmation assured, Trump was expected to celebrate with a primetime swearing-in event at the White House. Justice Clarence Thomas was set to administer the Constitutional Oath, a senior White House official said.
“This is something to be really proud of and feel good about,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said during a rare weekend session Sunday ahead of voting. He scoffed at the “apocalyptic” warnings from critics that the judicial branch was becoming mired in partisan politics and declared that “they won’t be able to do much about this for a long time to come.”
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Pence’s presence presiding for the vote would have been expected, showcasing the Republican priority. But Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer and his leadership team said it would not only violate virus guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, “it would also be a violation of common decency and courtesy.”
Some GOP senators tested positive for the coronavirus following a Rose Garden event with Trump to announce Barrett’s nomination last month, but they have since said they have been cleared by their doctors from quarantine. Pence was not infected and his office said the vice president tested negative for the virus Monday.
Democrats argued for weeks that the vote was being improperly rushed and insisted during an all-night Sunday session it should be up to the winner of the Nov. 3 election to name the nominee. However, Barrett, a federal appeals court judge from Indiana, is expected to be seated swiftly, and begin hearing cases.
Speaking near midnight Sunday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., called the vote “illegitimate” and “the last gasp of a desperate party.”
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Several matters are awaiting decision just a week before Election Day, and Barrett could be a decisive vote in Republican appeals of orders extending the deadlines for absentee ballots in North Carolina and Pennsylvania.
The justices also are weighing Trump’s emergency plea for the court to prevent the Manhattan District Attorney from acquiring his tax returns. And on Nov. 10, the court is expected to hear the Trump-backed challenge to the Obama-era Affordable Care Act.
Trump has said he wanted to swiftly install a ninth justice to resolve election disputes and is hopeful the justices will end the health law known as “Obamacare.”
During several days of public testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Barrett was careful not to disclose how she would rule on any such cases.
She presented herself as a neutral arbiter and suggested, “It’s not the law of Amy.” But her writings against abortion and a ruling on “Obamacare” show a deeply conservative thinker.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the chairman of the Judiciary Committee, praised the mother of seven as a role model — “a conservative woman who embraces her faith.” Republicans focused on her Catholic religion, dismissing earlier Democratic questions about her beliefs. Graham said Barrett is “unabashedly pro-life, but she’s not going to apply ‘the law of Amy’ to all of us.”
At the start of Trump’s presidency, McConnell engineered a Senate rules change to allow confirmation by a majority of the 100 senators, rather than the 60-vote threshold traditionally needed to advance high court nominees over objections. That was an escalation of a rules change Democrats put in place to advance other court and administrative nominees under President Barack Obama.
Republicans are taking a political plunge by pushing for confirmation days from the Nov. 3 election with the presidency and their Senate majority at stake.
Only one Republican — Sen. Susan Collins, who is in a tight reelection fight in Maine — voted against the nominee, not over any direct assessment of Barrett. Rather, Collins said, “I do not think it is fair nor consistent to have a Senate confirmation vote prior to the election.”
Trump and his Republican allies had hoped for a campaign boost, in much the way Trump generated excitement among conservatives and evangelical Christians in 2016 over a court vacancy. That year, McConnell refused to allow the Senate to consider then-President Barack Obama‘s choice to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia, arguing the new president should decide.
Most other Republicans facing tough races embraced the nominee to bolster their standing with conservatives. Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., said in a speech Monday that Barrett will “go down in history as one of the great justices.”
But it’s not clear the extraordinary effort to install the new justice over such opposition in a heated election year will pay political rewards to the GOP.
Demonstrations for and against the nominee have been more muted at the Capitol under coronavirus restrictions.
Democrats are unified against Barrett. While two Democratic senators voted to confirm Barrett in 2017 after Trump nominated the Notre Dame Law School professor to the appellate court, none voted to confirm her to the high court.
In a display of party priorities, California Sen. Kamala Harris, the vice presidential nominee, returned to Washington from the campaign trail to join colleagues with a no vote.
No other Supreme Court justice has been confirmed on a recorded vote with no support from the minority party in at least 150 years, according to information provided by the Senate Historical Office.
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Jenna Bush Hager reflects on giving Obama daughters White House tour
‘We have so much more in common than what divides us.’
Jenna Bush Hager says her fondest White House moment was the day she and twin sister, Barbara, gave Sasha and Malia Obama a tour of the official residence of the U.S. president.
Hager reflected on helping the Obama girls transition into life at the White House after Barack Obama’s 2008 election.
“We gave them a tour of the White House,” she said on Dr. Oz, PEOPLE reports. “We showed them what was our bedrooms, which was going to become their bedrooms. We just had such a beautiful day because, really, we have so much more in common than what divides us — especially the kids.”
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Hager and her sister were the same age as Sasha and Malia when her grandfather, George H. W. Bush, became president.
“We saw ourselves in those precious little girls because when our grandfather became president, we were their age,” she said. “So we knew what was magical about the White House.”
Adding, “We taught them how to slide down the banister, which I’m sure Mrs. Obama loved,” Hager joked. “We’re so proud of those girls.”
Hager previously revealed that she still keeps in touch with Sasha, 19, and Malia Obama, 22, as well as Bill and Hillary Clinton’s daughter Chelsea Clinton.
“We reach out to each other,” Hager said during an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen. “Chelsea and I see each other around — well, we used to. Now I don’t see anybody. We used to see each other around New York City. And I reach out to the Obama girls, and vice versa,” she explained.
“There is a sisterhood because it’s so few of us, that we know what it’s like and the beauty of it and living history, and also some of the difficulties,” she added.
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In 2017, the Bush twins penned an empowering letter to Sasha and Malia as they prepared to leave the White House.
“Malia and Sasha, eight years ago on a cold November day, we greeted you on the steps of the White House. We saw both the light and wariness in your eyes as you gazed at your new home,” Hager and her sister wrote. “The four of us wandered the majestic halls of the house you had no choice but to move in to. When you slid down the banister of the solarium, just as we had done as 8-year-olds and again as 20-year-olds chasing our youth, your joy and laughter were contagious.”
“In eight years, you have done so much. Seen so much,” they added, “We have watched you grow from girls to impressive young women with grace and ease. And through it all you had each other. Just like we did.”
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‘Queen Sugar’ actor Nicholas Ashe’s mom dies: ‘A phenomenal woman’
‘She was the life of the party and the talk of the town.’
Queen Sugar star Nicholas Ashe has shared the heartbreaking news on social media that his mother Jade passed away.
“My Mom was a phenomenal woman. Accomplished. Beautiful. Capable of anything. She was the type of person you decided you loved within minutes of meeting Her,” he wrote on Instagram on Oct. 26.
“She opened Her doors to anyone who needed food, or money, or a place to sleep. She got tattoos and rode motorcycles. She was the life of the party and the talk of the town. She loved all nine of her children, but it’s no secret that I held a special place in Her heart,” Ashe continued.
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He then noted that the passcode to his mother’s cell phone was “6-4-2-5 which spells N-I-C-K,” Ashe wrote. Adding, “She adored me and was very proud of me. The feeling was mutual,” he added.
“She molded me into an amazing man, despite the absence of one. She propelled my acting career by driving me to hundreds of auditions and rehearsals and performances. She supported everything I did with enthusiasm. When I came out to Her, She reacted compassionately,” he recalled.
TheGRIO previously reported, Ashe and actor Justice Smith publicly came out with their relationship in June, insisting that Black queer lives must be part of any revolution. Smith made a post in honor of Pride Month and to stand with those protesting against police brutality. Over the summer, the duo called for more recognition of the LGBTQ community within the Black Lives Matter movement.
“@nckash and I protested today in New Orleans. We chanted ‘Black Trans Lives Matter’ ‘Black Queer Lives Matter’ ‘All Black Lives Matter’. As a black queer man myself, I was disappointed to see certain people eager to say Black Lives Matter, but hold their tongue when Trans/Queer was added,” Smith posted.
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“I want to reiterate this sentiment: if your revolution does not include Black Queer voices, it is anti-black. If your revolution is okay with letting black trans people like #TonyMcDade slip through the cracks in order to solely liberate black cishet men, it is anti-black,” he continued.
“You are trying to push yourself through the door of a system designed against you, and then shut the door behind you. It is in our conditioning to get as close to whiteness, straightness, maleness as we can because that’s where the power is.”
Meanwhile, Ashe concluded his sweet Instagram message to his mother with, “Mom: you are gone and yet you remain. Stay tuned. There’s so much more in store. And it’s all for you. You’ll see. I love you; I love you; I love you.”
His tribute did not reveal details about her cause of death.
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Peggy Noonan is my friend. Here’s why her Kamala Harris comments were wrong.
OPINION: Sophia A. Nelson says Noonan’s critiques of Harris’ joy was tone-deaf and lacked a true understanding of Black women.
I read about it late on Sunday night on Twitter, and I instantly knew that my conservative friend, famed Reagan speechwriter and Wall Street Journal opinion columnist, Peggy Noonan, had bit off more than she could chew.
Noonan penned a column where she was rightly perceived as treating Sen. Kamala Harris, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, disrespectfully by implying that Harris needed to be more serious and sober-minded when she is out on the campaign trail — not dancing, laughing and being what she considered to be inappropriate.
I couldn’t disagree with Peggy more.
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I have been a contributor to theGrio for over a decade. I was a life-long Republican, a moderate who voted for Barack Obama in 2008, and covered both First Lady Michelle Obama and the Obama White House from 2010 to 2012. I have been a fierce anti-Trumper since the 2015 primaries, and a Never Trumper, who was a senior advisor to The Lincoln Project when it first launched earlier this year.
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Coming from a conservative baby boomer, Noonan’s comments about Harris are familiar; it was tone-deaf and lacked in any understanding of women of color and how we move through life, and worse, it reeks of bias, ignorance, and white privilege.
I know Peggy. I do not know her to be a racist. She is decent, and I assure you, she is horrified at how her comments have been received, and I suspect (although I have no knowledge of this) that she will either issue an apology or find a forum to clean up her remarks.
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But, it is partly my responsibility as a fellow conservative woman of color to check her and correct her, so that she does better the next time.
As soon as she will allow me, I will “coach” Peggy on the following:
1. It’s not that you can’t criticize how Kamala Harris dances, or make comments about her laughter. It’s that you didn’t do the same for Mr. YMCA Trump, who danced horribly, and worse, mocks, attacks and makes jokes about others. Shouldn’t the man who presently holds the world’s most powerful office have to conduct himself better?
2. Making it seem as though Kamala is not serious is silly at best. We can’t win with white people. We are either angry. Mean. Too independent. Too hard. Too ambitious. Or, when we try to be warm, nice, down to earth and fun, we are not quite serious enough. Which is it?
3. Coming for Mary J. Blige’s lyrics and using them to back up your criticisms of the first woman of color ever nominated to become vice president of the United States is what really got you into trouble.
Following Peggy’s comments, I called for Black women to show her “some grace” in a Twitter thread on Monday morning. I wanted people to know the Peggy that I know personally, who is not some closeted racist or just another “Karen” looking to hurt Black women. I wanted us to use this as a teachable moment, where we use this time we are in to educate our white sisters on a few important facts about us as women of color.
The truth is Kamala Harris dances and uses her laughter to deal with what many of you out there simply could not. The hate. The name-calling. The death threats. The attacks on her by the sitting president of the United States and others in his camp.
We as Black professional women face a unique set of issues — as I wrote about in my first book, Black Woman Redefined — and part of how we get through it all is to find ways to exude joy. To share peace. To laugh out loud when others would not dare.
Senator Kamala Harris is a trailblazer. She is the first to ascend to this historical moment in politics. She has a right to play her playlist, twirl in the rain, and laugh at her own jokes if she wishes. And no one, not Trump, not Peggy Noonan, or anyone else should be able to define for her or any other woman, who they can be, and when they can be that.
In the end, we have to stop calling everyone and everything racist. Unless, of course, it is. Peggy Noonan, and white women like her, just need to be educated.
I know we, as Black women, are tired. God are we tired. But look at what being resilient and rising beyond the horrors of our history has propelled us to at this moment.
Senator Kamala Devi Harris is standing at the precipice of greatness and American history. So I say dance, soror. Dance. We are all dancing with you.
Sophia A. Nelson is the award-winning author of “Black Woman Redefined: Dispelling Myths and Discovering Fulfillment in the Age of Michelle Obama.”
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