Over 100 Black women leaders and activists slammed commments made of Black women being considered to be Joe Biden's running mate as racist and sexist in an open letter published Wednesday.
"Regardless of your political affiliation, whether it's the media, members of the vice-presidential vetting committee, a former Governor, a top political donor, or a small town mayor: We are not your Aunt Jemimas," the letter said."The use of the racist myth of a happy, Black servant portrayed as a happy domestic worker loyal to her White employer is not lost on us.
Influential leaders such as Aimee Allison, founder and president of She The People, key members of the NAACP like vice-chair Karen Boykin-Towns and Roslyn M. Brock, chairman emeritus of the National Board of Directors, and LaTosha Brown, founder of Black Voters Matters, were among those who signed the letter.
Eaddy also criticized Presgraves comments, saying that is the type of comments that Black women running for office have to face.
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