{"id":3713,"date":"2019-11-10T12:20:13","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T12:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/achangeiscoming.net\/?p=1043"},"modified":"2019-11-10T12:20:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-10T12:20:13","slug":"invisibility-social-media-2020-election-part-1-kamala-harris-higher-heights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2019\/11\/10\/invisibility-social-media-2020-election-part-1-kamala-harris-higher-heights\/","title":{"rendered":"(In)visibility on social media in the 2020 election, part 1: Kamala Harris and Higher Heights"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"Politics:<\/p>\n

Higher Heights is the largest online political organization dedicated to harnessing, organizing and mobilizing Black women\u2019s political power, with over 90,000 members. They’ve been building out the #BlackWomenVote<\/a> campaign for over a year — and, most political analysts would agree, Black women are a major force in the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n

So even though Higher Heights endorsement of Sen. Kamala Harris<\/a> wasn’t the only significant endorsement that was announced last week, it’s a pretty big deal.<\/p>\n

Here’s what I get when I search Google news for “Kamala Harris endorsements”:<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

And here’s what I get from doing the same search on reddit:<\/p>\n

\"kamala<\/p>\n

Hey wait a second, I’m noticing a pattern here.<\/p>\n

It’s a great example of a dynamic Courtney Swanson highlighted in White Out: The Unrelenting Quest to Erase Kamala Harris<\/a><\/p>\n

Kamala Harris is empirically mentioned less often than other candidates, even when there is every reason to center her in a news story.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah really. And of course it’s not just Harris; Higher Heights is also getting erased here.<\/p>\n

In my next post, I’ll look at another significant endorsement from last week. First, though, here’s Kamala Harris talking with Zerlina Maxwell and Jess McIntosh on Signal Boost<\/a> on SiriusXM Progress. The tweet has a short video, and a link of to SiriusXM for the full discussion.<\/p>\n

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Missed @ZerlinaMaxwell<\/a> & @jess_mc<\/a>‘s chat with @KamalaHarris<\/a> from this week? Especially the part where she talked about the ongoing media erasure of her campaign?<\/p>\n

Catch the whole chat here: https:\/\/t.co\/NxYGXtyO3r<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/9UUxyrieQH<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Signal Boost (@SignalBoostShow) November 9, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n