1/The way this article talks about Rep. Karen Bass and Senator Kamala Harris is incredibly problematic. The press and @JoeBiden's team are falling back on old stereotypes of Black women. I am incredibly distraught by this. https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/31/politics/joe-biden-running-mate/index.html

2/Painting Rep. Bass as "humble", "safe", won't "rock the boat," reinforces the idea that Bass will "stay her lane" do the work Joe asks her without having her own voice. She's to be seen, not heard. That's a stereotype placed on Black women.

3/Kamala Harris is getting almost all of the stereotypes: from "too ambitious" to "can rub some people the wrong way" (e.g. "too aggressive"). These white men (and women) don't seem to know (or care) that they're perpetuating old destructive tropes of Black Women, but they are.

4/Media & DC are still largely run by white men. Our bodies/work are seen through their white gaze. They still feel like they deserve to have control over what is said about Black people/Blackness. Now they have 2 Black women to pit against each other?!

5/They are having a field day trashing two Black women. It might seem like they are boosting one over the other but that's not what they're doing. They're saying one (Bass) is more controllable than the other (Kamala), an insult to both. #KHive

6/I have a message to all those who deign to disparage Black women, our work, our lives, and your shameful attempts to pit us against one another:

@SymoneDSanders do you know what's going on with this? (I'm sure you're getting an earful already about this) I assume @JoeBiden wants Black women to support him. If he does, he needs to shut this shit down. This is getting so damn problematic.