The vice president raised eyebrows last week when she said that “communities of color” should be first in line for hurricane relief.
“If we want people to be in an equal place, sometimes we need to take into account those disparities and do that work,” she said.
I was curious about the context of “communities of color” and found this
https://thenewamerican.com/harris-racist-remarks-on-hurricane-relief-draw-little-media-response/
“If we want people to be in an equal place sometimes we need to take into account those disparities and do that work,” Harris said, arguing that those with less before the hurricane should be given more and should be helped first. Because of this, “It is our lowest income communities and our communities of color that are most impacted by these extreme conditions and impacted by issues that are not of their own making.”
Lowest income communities–presumably disproportionately of color–I fully understand from an economically progressive viewpoint. If that’s what’s meant, and it may be since some related COVID policies were struck down by an appeals court, fine. It will be interesting to see how it works out. If they mean pushing some people out of line to favor others on the basis of their race, that’s reprehensible.
On the other hand, if this FEMA head, who formerly had positions under Obama and DeBlasio, is getting bent out of shape about it, there may be cause for concern.
https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1576623269867831303?s=20&t=amONh6ttXpDlK6aYfeeb_Q
Harris is hilarious with the hand lol. I think not “cause for concern” here–she’s clarifying Harris’s comments and not calling her out. But, we’ll see.
Interesting you mention her, I was in favor of this talk.