Girl, Interrupting
a sociolinguistic state of the union
2020: Mike Pence, debating Kamala Harris, tries to speak over Harris. She stares him down. “I’m speaking,” she says, firmly, calmly. The moment went viral. You can understand why. A famously misogynistic white man demonstrating disrespect interrupting a highly qualified woman of color; the woman asserting her right to speak.
August 2024: Kamala Harris, n…
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