Election 2020: The Politics of Race, Gender, COVID-19, Economics and Xenophobia.

Elwood Watson, Ph.D.

We have finally reached election eve 2020. Given this fact, numerous pundits, politicians, columnists, plain janes and average joes are all weighing in with their analysis. Throughout the election season. Joe Biden and the Democrats have emphasized pluralism and diversity of all stripes — age, race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, etc. Earlier this summer, California senator Kamala Harris made history by being the first woman of color to accept a nomination for vice president of the United States of America (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNaWPhzCcoo).

The message Biden and his fellow Democrats have sent to the country is that the America that he and Kamala Harris will preside over would be one of fairness and inclusion, where people from all walks of life would be welcomed, embraced, and treated with dignity and respect. Donald Trump and the Republicans have presided over an administration that has relied upon racism, imperialism, nationalism, virtue signaling, xenophobia, tribalism, embracing authoritarianism and a deliriously dangerous dose of fear and paranoia.