As this political season goes into high gear and as we prepare to decide who our next president will be, we are faced with a unique “first” in American politics. I hold my tongue saying “first” because when it comes to politics, your policies matter, and as the great Thomas Sowell puts it, Kamala, as a “first,” is offering the art of the impossible. The commentators of our day claim she is the first woman of color, but what does that mean? The human race is made up of people of different colors. Was Hillary Clinton not a woman of color, just of the Caucasian persuasion?
Harris was born to foreign nationals who were also Marxists. Neither of those things disqualify her from running for president, but the philosophy and practice of Marxism destroyed the nations where her parents originated. The fact that someone from such a background who was influenced in such a way and may become the next president of the United States of America is concerning, to say the least.
Presenting Harris as a black American is an insult as she shares little to no connection to the experience of black Americans in this country. While one think that most blacks would reject her as a representative of their heritage, many have not yet rejected her because they are more loyal to the Democrat party and the idea of her being one of them for a symbol of political power.
Kamala Harris’ father was an adviser to the socialist government that destroyed a thriving Jamaican economy. She is offering some of those same socialist/Marxist policies as some of her own priorities and proposals. In truth, she happens to have a common thread with me; her father is from Jamaica, and I was born and raised in Jamaica and lived there until my late teenage years. The very price controls and other hard leftist policies Harris is proposing have wreaked havoc in the country of my birth. The constant shortage of food products, shortages of other goods, unpredictable price increases, combined with rampant criminality in Jamaica, should frighten all Americans when a presidential candidate is promising such practices right here in the US.
Harris’s lack of command of facts, her lack of experience in successful leadership, and her abysmal record as a Senator and Vice President are all fair game and should be scrutinized. Character matters. But, as the scrutiny ratchets up, so will the catcalls of “racism” or “sexism”. The crutch and shields of “isms” are polluting our political dialog. They’re ruining our discourse, and they are doing a disservice to our national debate.
Kamala Harris is leftist at best and is, observably, an ardent Marxist. She has no expertise in any area relevant to the job of President and has failed repeatedly in the offices she has held. These facts are relevant. Kamala’s ethnicity has nothing to do with her laziness and incompetence and the danger she poses to us if she is elected is significant.
Using her ethnicities—yes ethnicities—as a shield (as until it became politically expedient, she identified as Indian American and now she is black) we know Kamala is not where she is because of her intellectual acumen. Her place in government is not because of merit and her place on the Democrat ticket certainly didn’t come about because she was elected. The fact that she is where she is ruminates like an insult to those of us who have succeeded on merit and who happen to be people of African descent.
The left’s fascination with “firsts” is puzzling. I don’t understand it. What does it matter and what benefit will we as a people get if we elect our first black/Asian woman as president and she does what she had done previously—fails miserably. The idea of celebrating the election of a “first” needs to be treated for what it is—raw stupidity.
I came to this great country on an athletic scholarship and fell in love with America. I became a US citizen more than a dozen years ago. I love America and love the principles it was founded on and love what it stands for—to this day. In my mind, what America stands for is excellence and a beacon of light for religious and other freedoms. I firmly believe with the right drive and work ethic, the American dream is alive and well.
As a person who grew up in a country that was destroyed by socialism, I encourage everyone to ignore the ensuing catcalls of racism when Kamala’s record of failure is brought to your attention. There is no coming back if we fall into the left’s anti-democratic, socialist trap. Look at Russia today over one hundred years after the Bolshevik Revolution; look at what happened in Jamaica and India after socialism took over. I do not want those terrible consequences for my adopted country.
I am appealing to fellow legal immigrants and their descendants to raise your voice and get out and vote. We came to America for lots of reasons, but most of us came here because this is the land for free people. I am appealing to all people to carefully scrutinize what Kamala Harris stands for and to consider what might happen to our beloved country if she is placed in the White House.
Claston Bernard is a 3-time All-American and 4-time All-SEC Track and Field Athlete. He came to the United States from Jamaica and made America his home. He is a successful businessman and he and his family reside in Baton Rouge
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