Weekend reading: I wrote about the meaning of Kamala Harris in this particular moment in American history. Her story as VP reflects the post-George Floyd racial reckoning that never came as well as the racial and social retrenchment since 2020. Kamala Harris May Force a Reckoning: 🧵1/
Harris emerged as VP in the summer of 2020 when it seemed the country might finally deal with its defining demons. But as the reactionary counter-mobilization triumphed, she was sidelined. Until now.
Harris’ arc since 2020 points to how much of a reactionary retrenchment we have experienced, and how much social, racial, and gender progress have come to be viewed as “woke” radicalism that has supposedly gone too far - a position shared by elites across party lines. 2/