She’s already broken barriers, and now Kamala Harris could shatter several more after President Joe Biden abruptly ended his reelection bid and endorsed her.

Biden announced Sunday that he was stepping aside after a disastrous debate performance catalyzed fears that the 81-year-old was too frail for a second term.

Harris is the first woman, Black person or person of South Asian descent to serve as vice president. If she becomes the Democratic nominee and defeats Republican candidate Donald Trump in November, she would be the first woman to serve as president.

Biden said Sunday that choosing Harris as his running mate was “the best decision I’ve made” and endorsed her as his successor.

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    4 months ago

    I wonder if you don’t understand the phrase “non-white”. Do you get that concept, or are you a glass half full kind of racist?

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      4 months ago

      Why doesn’t Obama’s blackness count? Does a little whiteness trump all his blackness for you?

      Do you see how fucking stupid this is yet? Everyone understands what you’re saying. It’s just dumb as fuck. Obama identifies as black. The country sees him as black. Many black folk identify him as black. You calling him white is a self-report by you.

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      4 months ago

      So to be extra simple about it, she’d be the first yellow-brown, where as Obama was white-brown.

      In terms of american racism its just the brown part that matters, that makes them both “black” and there was even past comments about Harris not being “black enough” or something to that effect.

      It makes more sense to call her the first Asian America that might be president if you want a “first” to claim.