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You wrote as a woman of color harris would be getting much more intense and negative blowback if she had flung open her arms with a huge come to america sign and came off as soft on immigration on her first official trip to guatemala and mexico. so she didn t have a whole lot of options when it came to messaging on this trip. what do you think of how she did? you know, i think this was a really tough topic, a really tough portfolio. and for her first trip or her first international trip abroad. and it could have been a tough portfolio for even a seasoned diplomat. but because she is a woman and a woman of color, the level of scrutiny that she is getting from both the left and the right is really off the charts. and, you know, it is interesting that you mention the part about white men because we always give them the benefit of the doubt. no one criticized jared kushner once for not delivering peace to the middle east. but people really do expect ....
There anything harris could have said that would not have drawn criticism, as a woman, a person of color and the daughter of immigrants herself, the first ever vice president who isn t a white man, by the way, always remember that, is harris being held to a different standard? joining me now to discuss is a journalist and the host of the very cool named podcast spilling chai. she s also the author of the book the pain gap: how sexism and racism in health care kill women. thank you so much for joining me tonight. thank you so much for having me. great to be on with you. i know. it s so fun. so harris is really in a no win situation with this crisis. let s be honest about that, up top. i think this line from your recent op ed in usa today sums it up well. you wrote as a woman of color ....