#blkgrlmgclwyr – blog

Vice President Kamala Harris tried to tell you, America. We voted ‘yes’ on Prop 50. That said, there would not be a need for Prop 50 if America had listened. Answer the phone, Newsom! 😂

She stood on stages, in debates, in interviews, and said the quiet part out loud: Donald Trump was not a man committed to democracy — he was a man obsessed with domination. She warned us that his idea of “law and order” was really about whatever serves him at the time. That his admiration for authoritarians wasn’t casual flattery — it was aspiration. And now, here we are, watching in real time as Trump targets his political opponents, “jokes” about punishing dissent, and bends institutions and media outlets.

Everything she said he would do, he is doing.

Black women saw this coming. We have a long history of warning this country about itself. From Ida B. Wells documenting the truth about lynching, to Fannie Lou Hamer calling out the “sick and tired” hypocrisy of American democracy — we’ve always known that white supremacy relentlessly doesn’t retire; it just rebrands. Vice President Kamala Harris wasn’t being “dramatic” or “shrill.” She was issue spotting like a lawyer is trained to do. She was reading the signs — signs that America has repeatedly refused to see until the crisis kicks in.

I said this back during the 2024 election, America 🇺🇸 is in her fascist era. She’s doing what all empires do when they decline: blaming the powerless, rewriting history, and confusing cruelty for strength. We literally have right-wing youth group chats where white boys are calling themselves Nazis — not in the shadows, but out loud, in broad daylight. When people tell you who they are, you gotta listen.

But America doesn’t listen to Black women. It studies us, steals from us, scolds us, but never listens to us. And that silence — that refusal to trust our leadership, our analysis, our foresight — has a price tag.

Ignoring Black women is expensive — morally, politically, economically, spiritually.

When we warned that democracy was on the ballot, we weren’t just being poetic. We were diagnosing a sickness. We were offering the cure. America tossed the prescription in the trash and reached for the poison instead.

Here we are.

For America to truly live up to that pledge for a more perfect union, our nation must accept women’s leadership — specifically women of color’s leadership — as it is the only way for us to survive.

Author’s Bio

Latrice Burks-Palmerio, also known by her powerful online presence as #blkgrlmgclwyr, is an expert in American politics with a deep focus on the intersection of American fascism and the decline of empire. Latrice’s academic journey began with an International Baccalaureate class on totalitarian regimes, which laid the foundation for her nuanced understanding of authoritarianism. She graduated with honors in Political Science from the College of Wooster, where her thesis examined the dynamics of Black social movements in the U.S. Further refining her expertise, Latrice earned her law degree from USC Gould School of Law, gaining invaluable insights into U.S. Constitutional law.

As an impact litigator specializing in employment law for marginalized communities and representing survivors of sex crimes, Latrice combines her legal acumen with a deep commitment to justice. She has also contributed to the public discourse through self-published articles that analyze and critique the evolving political landscape of America. Latrice’s work examines how the structures of American fascism and empire-building manifest in law, policy, and social movements, making her a critical voice in understanding the political currents shaping the nation today.