Organizers of the Black Women Matter march (L-R) Ashley, Aurora and Sarah J pose for a photo on July 03, 2020 in Richmond, Virginia. Protests continue around the country after the death of African Americans while in police custody.
Published December 30, 2020 by TheGrio
As we near the end of 2020, Black women political elites and citizens alike deserve more than a round of applause. This was an extremely tough year that was characterized by several ups and downs.
From celebrating the historic win of Kamala Harris as the first Black and South Asian vice-president elect to the senseless murder of Breonna Taylor and the injustice that her family received at the hands of Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
Furthermore, the coronavirus pandemic negatively and disproportionately impacted Black women while the calls for racial justice provided new opportunities for some Black women-owned businesses. This year of extreme contradictions saw Black women rally to weather this storm, doing what Black women do — hunker down to survive and often thrive in an environment that was created for their destruction.
Rather than lean into the myth of the Black Superwoman, Black women in politics walk this fine line of balancing structures that marginalize them and drawing on their own agency to positively change their circumstances.
2021 will not be different.
What political action items do Black women want and deserve in 2021? Below, I provide a list of possible and discrete items that may be enacted to help Black women survive and thrive in next year’s American political arena.
