The Unbearable Agony of Voting for Black Women

or How to be Woke but still Maintain Your White Privilege

(https://alltogether.swe.org/2019/11/swe-magazine-feature-women-lead-efforts-to-ensure-your-vote-matters/)

Recently, Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for President announced that he was looking to fill the VP spot with a woman. John Lewis, who has been very supportive of Biden, has strongly encouraged Biden to choose a woman of color. So naturally the speculation over who he would tap ran rampant. The chief contenders on twitter seem to be notable black women Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobucher, and Gretchen Whitmer.

Look at all that melanin. Only one of them’s even blonde!!

Now, that’s not to say that Klobuchar and Whitmer couldn’t do the job, but why is Lewis’ suggestion being ignored? The argument generally goes that Klobuchar will bring the Midwest, Warren’s def totes “progressive” even though she’s a former Republican, and Whitmer something something COVID-19 response. Which, okay. Cool. These are not actually completely invalid arguments. I’m still trying to figure out Tim Kaine. But as impressive as any of these or the various other white women being trotted out as the definitely best choice Joe Biden could possibly make, there’s quite a few black women and women of color who would also be comparable or better.