After reading, “Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and the Limits of Representation” by Keeanga-Yamahatta Taylor, I am not shocked when it comes to the lack of diversity amongst politicians in the past years. We can agree the we are slowly moving towards more diversity with the 8 year president in Barack Obama, and the current vice president Kamala Harris. My main problem when it comes to people bringing this topic up, is that they believe that the United States cannot be racist or can’t be accused for having a lack of diversity, because we had a black president, or because we have a woman of color as our vice president. Ultimately, there is a clear advantage for white men when it comes to politics.
According to Keeanga-Yamahatta, the ‘limits of representation’ is the idea that colored people are not provided with a fair chance at being heard in a political stand point. Their ideas aren’t being taken into consideration and they are put at a disadvantage in the political space.