Daniel Marans covers national campaigns and elections.
It was only a matter of time. After Black women, Black men, and white women each organized conference calls in support of Vice President Kamala Harris ’s Democratic presidential run, white men – an historically privileged demographic group that leans Republican overall – got in on the action.that raised more than $4 million for Harris and over 190,000 viewers over the course of more than three hours of speeches.
“We can get out there, reach out, make the case, and for one thing – don’t ever shy away from our progressive values,” he said. “One person’s socialism is another person’s neighborliness.”As far as Democratic morale and campaign fundraising events go, the livestream was an obvious success . At least some of that money will arrive thanks to the sale of thousands of “White Dudes for Harris” baseball caps and other merchandise.
“They’re folks like you who just want a better life for their families. They want more economic security,” he added. “They want better health care. They want better schools. There’s a crisis of loneliness in this country, and many of us are the ones that feel the most lonely.”– a term used to describe preventable deaths from drug and alcohol overdoses, suicide, and chronic diseases associated with stress and other lifestyle problems.
Actor Jeff Bridges, who played the iconic role of The Dude in the beloved film"The Big Lebowski," was one of several celebrities on Monday night's White Dudes for Harris livestream.To the extent that speakers focused on male or white identity, it was usually to offer gentle admonitions that participants leverage their white, male privilege in the service of electing the country’s first female president, and building a more equitable country in the process.
Maurice Mitchell, national director of the Working Families Party, a left-wing group, and the sole non-white person to speak on the livestream, put it more bluntly when he called upon white men to speak up against racism and sexism directed at Harris.“Don’t allow this fringe cult to speak for you and poison the well,” Mitchell said. “This is your time to stand up for not just the VP, not just for Kamala Harris, but for democracy, for community and for family.
Jimmy Williams Jr., the president of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades, which is known to be one of the more racially diverse and ideologically progressive building trades unions, opened his remarks with what seemed like a tongue-and-cheek observation about the historically white makeup of his wing of the labor movement.
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