• Rojo27 [he/him]
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    487 days ago

    Why are we still doing “too black” as an excuse after having a black president for 8 years?

    • @StinkySocialist@lemmy.ml
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      407 days ago

      My theory: I think framing like this is an attempt to create infighting on the left. I remember her doing poorly because she’s center right and wasn’t the most well known center right dem in the 2020 race. Notably Biden had similar positions and was much more widely known.

    • gueybana [any]
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      117 days ago

      Because Obama was a one time novelty, let’s not act as if racism over

      • bbnh69420 [she/her, they/them]
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        217 days ago

        Nobody is doing that friend. It’s just pointing out how democrats are reheating 2020 idpol arguments rather than dealing with the actual reason she got 1 percent in those primaries

      • Rojo27 [he/him]
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        7 days ago

        No, racism isn’t over, I get that. But I also don’t think Obama is a onetime novelty. I think he offered enough, well at least the illusion of enough, material benefit to sway voters. The biggest problem Kamala had in 2020, and even now, was that she really didn’t have anything to offer voters to set her apart from the field.

        • @PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmygrad.ml
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          7 days ago

          Racism isn’t over but democrats officially announced it is over, so the claim from the same people that Kamala was “too black” after 8 years of black president they all loved sound at least very weird.

        • nothx [he/him]
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          67 days ago

          Her lack of charisma is very apparent. Libs just won’t admit she is unlikable because they are scared the truth will hurt her chances.