Prominent women of color are putting 2020 candidates on the spot. Warren and Harris shined.

[Omaha Steve]

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The two senators won over crowds at the first-ever policy forum for women of color on Wednesday.
By Li [e-mail] Apr 25, 2019, 2:30pm EDT

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Kamala Harris received standing ovations from the audience at a forum on Wednesday dedicated to women of color — clearly emerging as favored candidates among some in an increasingly important Democratic primary voting bloc.

Both lawmakers tied their policy proposals on issues including housing, criminal justice and equal pay to longstanding racial inequities, an approach that some Democrats have been criticized for failing to take in the past.

“We have a real problem in the criminal justice system and it’s a race problem, and we need to address it head-on,” Warren said at She the People, the first forum to center on the policy priorities of women of color in Houston, Texas. “Study after study shows that African Americans, more than whites, are more likely to be arrested, to be arraigned, to be taken to trial, to be wrongfully convicted and to be given harsher sentences. We need reform of that system from the very beginning.”

Harris, too, spoke in depth about the war on drugs and how crackdowns on marijuana “led disproportionately to the criminalization of black and brown young men in this country.” She committed to pardoning low-level drug offenders if she were elected to the presidency, and expressed support for legalizing marijuana, a position that she’s been criticized for opposing before.

FULL story: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/25/18514995/she-the-people-elizabeth-warren-kamala-harris-women-of-color-voters

[msongs]

1. crowd of women supports women. hmm nt

[dsc]

3. they did the best job from the clips I saw

I don't think the audience just said, oh a woman.

[sarabelle]

2. I like them both and I like Warren more because she is direct and factual.

There are many factors involved in our biased criminal justice system but it is basically and regrettably all about race!

[loyalsister]

4. They truly understood the purpose of that forum

They were the most prepared to address the questions.

[ehrnst]

5. They listened before they spoke. Emotional intelligence is an underrated skill. (nt)