Aren't we judging on the wrong things? Aren't we judging Kamala Harris on the wrong things? She is a black women who has overcome what we see as handicaps. She supported the "Me too" fight for sexual equality and the equal protection of the laws. That's more important than her being a woman. She supports Black Lives Matter, so mankind can be judged by the quality of their character and not the color of their skin. I honor her objectives, her overcoming, but it is the issues she stands for, not how she came to support them that is the key. She is far, far above being a Black Woman: she's an American standing with the rule of law, standing with equality before the law, standing up for "the American Way" when Trump, the Republicans, the liars, cheaters, and thieves stand up for "the superior" people, the bullies, the rich, the ugly Americans. I cheer Kamalas "overcoming" and pushing frontiers, but I celebrate the will to "make a more perfect Union", a more perfect humanity, a better community. Giving great responsibility is not giving a reward to one's personal history. It is giving a challenge to making one's future join and lead, and help, make our world a joy, challenge, tough job worthy of doing.
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