“I am not the candidate of Black America, although I am Black & proud. I am not the candidate of the woman's movement, although I am a proud woman"

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Shirley Chisolm would be cancelled and crucified if she said those words today as a candidate for anything. while it's true that blacks and women are underrepresented in government, that doesn't mean you get to play the race card to get an advantage. Kamala played that race card against Biden in 2020, and he rewarded her by picking her as her VP

'Unbought and Unbossed': When a Black Woman Ran for the White House

The congresswoman tried to win the White House by consolidating the Black vote and the women's vote, but she ran into trouble

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