Attacks on Kamala Harris and the use of DEI term as a racist dog whistle

Kamala Harris, the US Democratic Party’s likely presidential nominee has started her fight to defeat Donald Trump at the election in November.

Among the obstacles in her way are relentless racist and sexist attacks found online and from some Make America Great Again believers and conservative commentators. 

Today, Professor Nadia Brown, an expert on women and African American studies at Georgetown University in Washington DC, on how the messages of hate cut through. 

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Nadia Brown, professor of government and the director of women’s and gender studies program at Georgetown University