Disappointment: African Americans massively support Kamala Harris, but she couldn’t overcome the ‘Red Wave’

VP KAMALA HARRIS, SPEAKING IN PITTSBURGH, NOV. 4, THE DAY BEFORE THE ELECTION. (PHOTO BY J.L. MARTELLO)In the days after the Nov. 5 Presidential Election, many African Americans in Pittsburgh were too dis­traught, too angry, too dis­appointed to speak with the New Pittsburgh Cou­rier on the record about Donald Trump defeating Kamala Harris in the race for the U.S. Presidency.In fact, the weather on the day after the election was gloomy, cloud-filled, a little cold. For the vast majority of Black Pitts­burghers and Black Penn­sylvanians, the weather fit their mood.Kamala Harris, the cur­rent U.S. Vice President, who rose from modest be­ginnings to become a How­ard University graduate, become the first woman District Attorney of San Francisco, the first woman Attorney General of Cali­fornia, and just the second Black woman to serve in the U.S. Senate, was de­feated in the presidential election by a convicted felon, who happened to be White—and male._____________________________________________________ Pittsburghers Speak OutWhat did you think about the Presidential Election?“I am highly upset over the election. I don’t think it was done fairly. I still think they’re not ready for a woman of color, although it would have been a good choice. I don’t understand why someone can have...