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#RepresentationMatters and what @KamalaHarris has advocated for and accomplished in places NO other Black women (SF DA/CA AG) or few (2nd Senator) have occupied offers proof of why we need to be on the inside. #Kamala2020 #KHive
Kamala being in the Senate meant the FIRST ever bill introduced to specifically tackle the Black maternal health crisis.
Kamala being elected California AG meant the creation of theBureau of Children's Justice, Racial & Identity Profiling Advisory Board, Open Justice Initiative, eCrime Unit, Mortgage Fraud Strike Force, Division of Recidivism Reduction & Re-Entry, etc
Kamala being elected San Francisco DA meant the creation of the first of it's kind re-entry program to put those convicted of drug offenses back to work, in school, and in stable housing so they didn't end up back in jail as was the case 60% of the time.
No, electing a Black woman doesn't magically undo decades of systemic issues. And lawd knows Black elected officials are blamed for those decades of issues during their tenure while often getting little to no credit for what they successfully change...but we need them there.
