Erasing women of color is a constant. VP Harris is Black and Southeast Asian and hosted the event. Tammy Duckworth and Mazie Hirono are both Asian. Catherine Cortez-Masto is Latina. Want more WOC senators? Elect them. Start with Val Demings.
Also, Gov. Newsom had the opportunity to maintain some small measure of racial and gender balance in the Senate by appointing a Black woman to replace VP Harris. He chose a Latinx man, Alex Padilla, instead--a move strongly criticized by Black women activists and many others.
This woman, Tina Flournoy, ID'd as a "servant" by @NewGrenada1979 (who also wrongly attributes the photos to a rando seeking clicks instead of the senator who took them) is MVP's Chief of Staff. YOU seeing prominent WOC as white or servants is a you problem, not an MVP problem. Image
Tina Flournoy is in a significant position of actual power, but was deemed a "servant" by some randos on Twitter seeking clicks. When you see Black women in the VP's house and call them "servants," that's, you know, racist af. ImageImageImage

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So Twitter analytics informs me my new work schedule is screwing with my readership on here. I really do miss interacting with folks on here, but I'm trying to finish a book and I still have an arduous day job plus my health is awful. Envious some folks can create this balance.
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