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🗓️ 1 August 2024
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Kamala Harris pulled a blaccent at her Atlanta rally with musical guests Megan The Stallion and Quavo. Does this pandering work on the black community? Let’s talk about it.
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0:00.0 | Now when we're talking about Kamala Harris, I think we have to bring up a rally that she did recently in Atlanta. |
0:07.2 | Kamala Harris decided to travel to Atlanta and of course Atlanta is populated by a lot of African Americans, a lot of black people. |
0:16.0 | And Kamala knew, I guess she had to lean into this sort of black version of herself and she is no stranger to rolling out the AAVE, the African American vernacular |
0:26.0 | English. She did so in a little skit she did for the BET awards with Taraji B Henson, where she told Taraji, you know I be out here in these streets. |
0:35.1 | Yeah, girl, I'm out here in these streets. |
0:37.0 | I don't know what streets she's talking about. |
0:39.6 | But that's how she chose to speak for the BET awards. Now for her crowd in Atlanta, she's bringing |
0:46.2 | up Quavo, she's having Megan the Stallion perform, she's talking like this. Let's roll a clip here. |
0:53.5 | Donald Trump, on the other hand, |
0:56.6 | has been talking a big game about securing our border, |
1:02.3 | but he does not walk the walk. |
1:05.0 | Or as my friend Quavo would say, he does not walk it like he talks it. |
1:20.8 | And like look at the black people in the back who get the reference to Quevo's music, walk it like I talk it. You guys know that song probably if you listen to rap music. |
1:25.4 | And of course, she brought Quavo out |
1:27.1 | to give his own endorsement and talk about voting for her. |
1:31.1 | You know, as my friend Quavo would say, he does not walk it like he talks it. |
1:37.8 | She's trying to code switch, but the thing is, when you code switch to a code that you don't speak and you have never spoken. |
1:44.0 | It doesn't exactly make sense, and it's like you are playing a character for the crowd. |
1:49.0 | When have I ever not kept it 100? |
1:52.0 | Which is exactly what she's doing here. |
1:55.0 | She knew she was coming to Atlanta, |
1:57.0 | and now she's going to roll out this black scent |
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