First, Kamala Harris tried to blame racism for her failed campaign.
“It’s been coming up in connection to my campaign: is America ready for that? Are they ready for a woman of color to be President of the United States?” Harris insists.
Now it’s Julian Castro’s turn to capitalize on Kamala’s failure by blaming racism. And the media. That racist media. But then again, when Julian Castro wakes up in the middle of the night when a truck backfires, he immediately blames racism.
Former housing secretary Julián Castro said Sen. Kamala Harris’s bid for president was hampered by the media treating candidates of color differently
How?
“To me, they held her to a different standard, a double standard, to other campaigns. And I don’t know if it impacted her decision to withdraw from the race or not, but I’m sure it didn’t help,” Castro, the only Latino candidate running for president, told BuzzFeed News on Tuesday night.
How so? Please explain.
“This was a narrative from very early on. … From the earliest critique that she has no black support, the [Congressional Black Caucus] is going other directions. It’s just holding people to different […]
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