Reaction to Harris conveniently forgets treatment of non-white women in Canadian politics

Canada’s treatment of Black, Indigenous, and racialized women in politics has evolved a step farther than representation politics and turned into full-on tokenism.

U.S. Democratic vice-presidential pick Kamala Harris, left, former Liberal MP Celina Caesar-Chavannes, and Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould. The ongoing racism and sexism experienced by Black, Indigenous, and racialized women in politics combined with the overwhelmingly positive reaction to Harris’ candidacy attest to the fact that an intersectional conversation on women’s political leadership is long overdue, writes Arezoo Najibzadeh.Flickr photograph by Gage Skidemore, The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY AREZOO NAJIBZADEH

August 19, 2020

Last week, U.S. Senator Kamala Harris broke glass ceilings when she was announced as Joe Biden’s Democratic running mate in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. There is no doubt that becoming not only the first woman vice-president, but also the first Black and the first Asian vice-president ...

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