Kamala Harris’ Defeat: The Intersection Between Race And Gender

An avalanche of political commentary on Donald Trump’s notable presidential win erupted on the morning of Nov. 6. The media blogger sphere unleashed itself as politicians, pundits, journalists, radio hosts and other political influencers across the political spectrum avidly weighed in and eagerly provided their own perceived commentary. The uneven economy, high inflation, rising crime, extreme and excessive wokeness, out of control borders and so on. To be sure, most, if not all of the aforementioned reasons likely contributed to Vice President Kamala Harris’ defeat. Yet, there is another reason that has been discussed, albeit sparingly fleetingly in many quarters. The intersection of race and gender. Kamala Harris would have been the first woman of any race and the first South Asian person to have been elected president of the most powerful nation in the world. Rather, she lost the election, as well as the popular vote, to Trump, whose coalition transcended racial and gender lines in unprecedented ways as he made notable inroads with people of color and netted a larger share of women’s votes. The nation was provided an opportunity to allow a biracial Black woman to move us forward beyond several years of Trump’s racist, sexist, and...