Kamala Harris, Being Vice President, the Intersection of Race and Gender and the Sinister Politics of Jane Crow and Jim Crow!
From the minute President Biden selected her as his running mate in 2020, Kamala Harris has been the subject of intense gossip. Indeed, there has been no dearth of commentary about Harris and her role as vice president. Again, she has been the subject of rabid and intense gossip. Whether it be from the political left, right, or center, the current vice president is often the subject of fierce discussion.
In fact, one would be hard pressed to think of a vice president in recent memory who has been placed under such a political microscope. Indeed, it seems that she can hardly sneeze without someone, somewhere either analyzing or dissecting her every move.
The truth is that from a historical perspective, the role of the vice president is one that has often been marked with a degree of paradox and a level of ambiguity. You are one heartbeat away from the presidency, yet you are often relegated to mostly obscure duties. Frequently, presidents and vice presidents have been odd pairings often brought together in an effort to unify diverse fragments within the party. John Kennedy selected Lyndon Johnson with the aim of assuaging the fears of southern Democrats who were weary of his Roman Catholicism and “possible…
