Days before Joe Biden announced that he had chosen Senator Kamala Harris to be his running mate, Valerie Jarrett was among a group of women who put the media on notice.
President Barack Obama’s former Senior Advisor co-signed a letter to major editors, reporters and anchors entitled, We Have Her Back.
The Aug. 6 message was clear: No matter which woman the Democratic presidential candidate chose to be his running mate, if the media subjected her to racist and sexist coverage, they would not remain silent.
Or, to quote the letter, “We intend to collectively and individually monitor coverage and we will call out those we believe take our country backwards with sexist and/or racist coverage.” Or, as the women put it, “we will be watching you.”
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