Throughout
the Vice President Kamala Harris presidential campaign we heard “save our
democracy”. This call suggested that VP
Harris’ opponent was an existential threat to democracy and had to be
stopped. Constituents from various
factions: conservatives, liberals, Republicans, Democrats, private sector,
public sector, all appeared on countless media shows warning us of the
danger. Well, VP Harris did not win, yet
many of the political media pundits were quick to extol the virtues of a
democracy that “worked” because “the People” were the final arbitrators in
deciding who would be president beginning on January 21, 2025. If that is the case, then “the People” have a
much bigger problem than saving democracy.
Being
subservient to a hierarchical patriarchy is not
the only reason VP Harris did
not win the election.
She lost because so
many of “the People” are racist,
sexist, and immoralist. Be clear these “People” come
from all
cultures, ethnicities, races, genders, ages, and
political affiliations. They come from lily white
suburbs and
chocolate inner cities. It wasn’t the
rhetoric of the opponent that was persuasive, it was
too many of “the People” not
allowing themselves to
fill in the bubble for a Black woman. Because of that,
women will have a greater struggle for quality
health
care, Putin will get Ukraine, Netanyahu will get Gaza,
the rich will get richer,
and the middle class will get
poorer. Unfortunately,
many of “the People” reside in
the middle class.
There,
simply, are too many people in this United
States society that cannot and will
not support a Black
woman for president.
The experts can analyze all they
want.
They can say VP Harris should have done this,
or the Democratic party
should have done that. It
doesn’t matter
unless someone figures how to make
“the People” less beholden to a hierarchical
patriarchy and willing to change
their divisive, and to
some extent, destructive attitudes, and behaviors. We
must find a way to resolve the cognitive
dissonance
that “the People” have that won’t allow them to elect a
Black woman
even when the opponent isn’t qualified.
If the Democratic candidate had been a White male, he
would be the one entering
the White House in January,
2025 because the character of the Republican
candidate disqualified him from any serious
consideration.
Exhaustive
analysis of why the 2024 election resulted
in the way it did can be done from now
until Kingdom
Come. Some will argue that
certain demographics
didn’t provide the expected support. Others will
suggest there just wasn’t enough
time for the public to
learn about VP Harris.
There will also be some who
will believe that her opponent ran an “excellent”
campaign. When the whole story is told
somewhere
down the road, these reasons will only be ancillary.
The real reason that VP Harris will not be president
for the next four years is because “the People” could
not let loose, not even
for one day, their prejudice and
bias.
That their reverence to a hierarchical patriarchy,
and of their racist
and sexist tendencies would not
allow them to vote for a Black woman. My, my, what
a loss.
