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What I Like Best About Karen Bass: She’s A Karen
We need to offer women a voice, and not assume all who speak are “bossy”
She was on the short list as Vice presidential contender as Joe Biden’s running mate. Karen Bass is a long- time activist. But I have to admit, with Mr. Dump Trump distracting every one of us with continual truck crashes at every break neck bend, I knew very little about Ms. Bass until quite recently.
Sorry, I had to jab a bit because, again, he’s a distraction. Such as recently, when he could only relate to civil rights hero, the late John Lewis, as someone who did not attend his inauguration, thereby making “a big mistake.” Or when Trump insults our troops and veterans.
Sorry. Maybe I’ve lost all respect for the office of the president. Maybe it’s the recent mayhem of Americans in battle fatigues threatening other American moms in yellow t-shirts. Or maybe, it’s the 1,000 people dying each day in a botched pandemic response.
Karen Bass, outward looking and forward acting, is the diametrical opposite of Mr. Trump. She worked her way into influence through systemic racism in Los Angeles during some of the most volatile years there. Not only Black in an almost all-white power structure. She is also a woman.