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Jemele Hill On The Unique Obstacles Kamala Harris Must Overcome
As the senator prepares for the race to the White House, she may have to navigate a few political hurdles
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13 min readOct 8, 2019
By Jemele Hill as told to Erika Alexander
Our leadoff feature for Moonrakers 2020, our list of the most consequential women of color on our radar right now, is Sen. Kamala Harris, a Democrat from California. To help decipher this complex woman, I asked sports expert, social advocate, and the Atlantic writer Jemele Hill to discuss her recent Unbothered podcast conversation with the senator. To make it fun, we used Jemele’s sports background to characterize and diagnose Kamala’ b-ball game.