Everything happens too slowly for my liking.
The last times there were strong glimmers of hope of having a woman in the White House were in 1984 (when Geraldine Ferraro ran for vice president), 2008 and, most recently, in 2016 when Hillary Clinton made history as the first woman nominated for president on a major party ticket.
Many people were delighted, especially Italian American women like myself, when Ferraro ran. They held all kinds of parties for her. I had the pleasure of meeting her on more than one occasion. I once asked her, “What do you do with criticism?” As a Democrat and a woman, she was getting more than her share of verbal attacks, and this was before Twitter and other social media platforms.
By BELINDA ROBINSON in New York | China Daily Global | Updated: 2021-01-11 10:06 Share CLOSE FILE PHOTO: A person holds a Black Lives Matter sign as a heavy cloud of tear gas and smoke rises after being deployed by Seattle police as protesters rally against police brutality and the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd, in Seattle, Washington, US June 1, 2020. [Photo/Agencies]
Biden and others compare treatment by police with that of BLM protesters
US President-elect Joe Biden, politicians, civic leaders and activists criticized the police response to supporters of President Donald Trump who stormed the US Capitol, saying there was a more draconian response to Black Lives Matter protests months earlier.
‘Stark contrast’ of police response to Trump, BLM rallies scrutinized after Capitol riot
Updated Jan 10, 2021;
Black Lives Matter marches last year were often met by throngs of
police in riot gear, accompanied by armored vehicles, batons, tear gas and rubber bullets, ready to forcibly keep protestors off vulnerable public property.
When thousands of disgruntled supporters of President Donald Trump converged in Washington D.C. last week to contest the legitimacy of the election and eventually stormed the U.S. Capitol, one of the most important government buildings in the nation, not nearly enough officers were on hand to stop them.
The violent breaching of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Trump’s supporters struck many as a glaring black and white display of a racial double.