In bad news for Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, a resurfaced video has gone viral showing two well-known Black female activists, who support Harris’ bid for president, saying divisive things about White female voters, which is a demographic that the vice president is working hard to win over.
In a video weeks before President Joe Biden took office in 2021, Melania Campbel and Cora Masters Barry attacked “White women.”
FLASHBACK: Activist tied to Kamala Harris – Cora Masters Barry – says, "F*ck the white women – excuse me – forget the white women," in unearthed clip
— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) August 3, 2024
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The clip has resurfaced online as Harris targets White female voters ahead of the November election. The vice president has even tried to attract the demographic, having launched a “White Women: Answer the Call” Zoom meeting, according to the Post Millennial.
“We have to change our strategy,” Barry said at the time. “We got to get our people. We have to get our — they got their people. They got all the trailer parks all covered.”
“All them people up in West Virginia and the hills, they’re covered. They got them all the way there to Wall Street,” she added.
“[Trump] did that, and we’re sitting here talking about the White women. F**k the White women — excuse me — forget the White women. They’re going to do what the White men tell them to do,” Barry continued.
Barry went on to say that the Black community must “get real serious about organizing to elect Kamala Harris as the next President of the United States.”
The Post Millennial pointed out that Barry is a civil rights activist and was appointed to serve by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), while Campbell is the leader of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation.
The pair has visited the White House more than 50 times during Biden’s tenure. Of all these instances, they are said to have met with Harris nearly a dozen times.
The resurfaced clip could spell trouble for Harris whose campaign is trying to spread a message of unity.
Harris’ campaign held a Zoom meeting to rally White female voters for the vice president, featuring over 160,000 White women and raising millions of dollars for the campaign. Among those who joined the event include women’s soccer player Megan Rapinoe, actress Connie Britton and famed singer “Pink.”
One of the individuals in the Zoom call, Arielle Fodor, said White women should not talk down to people who are Black, Indigenous or people of color (BIPOC).
“As white women, we need to use our privilege to make positive changes. If you find yourself talking over or speaking for BIPOC individuals – or God forbid correcting them – just take a beat, and instead, we can put our listening ears on,” Fodor said.
“As white people, we have a lot to learn and unlearn,” she added. “So, do check your blindspots.”
The resurfaced clip comes after Harris became the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee following Biden’s decision to drop out of the race over party concerns that he did not possess the adequate mental abilities to serve another four years. The vice president was offered a chance to debate former President Donald Trump on Sept. 4 by Fox News but refused.
Source: www.resistthemainstream.com
