Kamala Harris, who rarely talks about her racial identity or gender on the trial, is taking a page out of the playbook that propelled Barack Obama to the White House.
When then-Sen. Barack Obama took the stage on Aug. 28, 2008, to accept the Democratic nomination for president, he did not mention the historic nature of his run. While he gave a nod to his midwestern middle-class upbringing and his Kenyan roots, the man who became the first Black president of the United States urged voters to unite and declared that the campaign was not about him.
It is unclear if Harris will focus on her historic run when she delivers her own acceptance speech at the DNC on Thursday. But according to experts who study race, politics and the White House, Harris has so far not made her identity a central part of her 2024 campaign like Clinton did in 2016 and like Harris did in 2020 and has instead, taken a page out of the playbook that propelled the first Black president to the White House.
But on the other hand, Brown said that like Obama, Harris has to strike a "balance" because in working to build the "rainbow coalition" she needs - one that includes independents and Trump-leaning voters - Harris is also navigating racism and the reality that some Americans are "not comfortable" with having a woman of color as president.
According to Rigueur, Harris' strategy to focus on policy and the people, instead of the candidate, is guided by an understanding that there "is a burgeoning of a movement that sees Kamala Harris as its vehicle, not its endgame."
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