I Am Woman: Hear Me Roar

Political pundits have been arguing and analyzing nonstop ad nauseam since Election Day. Theories on Vice President Harris’s dismal loss range from the candidate having insufficient time to campaign, her inability to differentiate herself from President Biden, Americans’ poor perception of the economy, etc., etc. And sure, all of those elements likely played a role. But let’s not pussyfoot around the real reason Harris was not elected to be our next President. She is a woman. A Black woman.

Ten million fewer Americans went to the polls in 2024 than four years ago. Yet Donald Trump received only slightly more votes than in 2020, when he lost to Biden. So what does this tell you? That Democrats sat home. There is no doubt in my mind that gender and race fueled this apathy, this passive misogyny and racism. As Slate recently posted: “It wasn’t the fascism-loving felon whom voters couldn’t trust. It was the Black woman.”