If you’ve read my posts you know that I’m unapologetically political and proudly pro Black people. I have ventured away from that a little because it seems the viewership dips when I deal with those real issues so I’ve dealt with matters of love, the heart and relationships because I think that too, is just a big a part of the dynamic playing out across the country and world as politics. But with todays historic announcement, I’m back in bed with devil that brought me here.. LOL. Politics and black people!!

Congratulations Kamala Harris, and damn good job Joe Biden!! For the first time in American history we have a Black woman on the ticket as Vice President nominee for a major party. Do you understand what that means? For only the third time in history, there will be a woman nominated on the VP slot and again, the very first time that a woman of color is on the ballot for this high post. That a woman who looks like my momma and grand mothers and all my aunts and cousins and ancestors, is on the ballot to be the Vice President of the United States is monumental. It is damn near identical to 2008, when the nation nominated and elected Barack Obama, the first Black President of this country.

I am so overjoyed and excited that Joe Biden had the nuts and the foresight to nominate Kamala for this position. Not because she’s a Black woman, but because she is most certainly a qualified woman. She has the record as an Attorney General and DA from the biggest and most diverse state in the country, California. She is also the junior Senator from California. She was a candidate for President this year as well. She has worked hard to get to this position. She is an HBCU grad and AKA alum. She represents so many firsts for this country. But her skills as a tactical debater and skilled wordsmith will serve her well. Her in depth knowledge of the law will aid her case in prosecuting Trumps unfitness for office. She is not someone who was given the spot as a token or just to get a demographic, she is here because she earned it and is definitely prepared and qualified for the job.

I know that many will try to smear her. Use the typical misogynistic behavior. That she is too ambitious or that she is too unapproachable or too rigid. That she is too angry, or being the angry black woman, when she attacks Trump and Pence for their records. But be clear she is none of those things. She is a woman, tasked with taking this current administration to task for it’s failings, because there are many, many failings. It is refreshing that we will get to see this play out in front of all America. I pray that the best of this country shows. I pray we can have truly substantive discussions regarding her positions and her politics, not the superficial bullshit. Good luck and lets go. Lets discuss