Diversity in politics is something that was not commonly seen in history in the United States but it is slowly on the rise. We have seen the first African American president in the history of the United States first be elected in 2008, Barack Obama. Not only this but he had served two presidential turns, from 2008-2012, 2012-2016. To me, this inspired minorities to get into politics and to show that they have a voice. It almost felt like a new group of minorities was being heard.
In the recent presidential race. We saw now president Biden announce his vice president, Kamala Harris. This was a bit of a shocker for many. She was the first female vice president. Not only this, but she was a person of color. I feel like this also inspired women and people of color that anything is possible that there is a chance that we are being represented. But a quote that stood out to me was “President, he would essentially abandon the most notable feature of his political past: weaponizing reactionary thinking about poor Black women in order to curry favor with white voters, during a period when Democrats felt compelled to prove that they could hate Black people, too.”. This quote stood out to me because the same thing could be happening here. In order to gain new votes, he elected Kamala Harris as his VC to attract new voters. This all leads back to the question if minorities are truly represented in our country.