Harris Supported Writing Laws ‘Specifically’ for Black People in 2020 Campaign, Clip Shows

Vice President Kamala Harris during her 2020 presidential campaign supported writing laws “specifically” meant for Black people, according to video which resurfaced on social media Thursday.

Harris in the half-hour video, dated November 2019, visited a South Carolina barbershop with rapper Uncle Luke. The two spoke with a panel of Black voters who shared their thoughts on issues facing the Black community while seated in swiveling barbershop chairs.

One participant in the conversation suggested that Harris focus on passing laws with a specific emphasis on the Black community, rather than broader terms like “minority.”

“We’re talking about specifically something that happened to Black people here in America,” he said. “So we have to be specifically targeting to help those people.”

America, you did this to these people. You should write laws for these people,” he added. “Don’t group us in with everybody because everybody — it didn’t happen to everybody.”

Harris smiled and nodded throughout his remarks, noting “that’s right.” She went on to talk about redlining, defined as a practice of denying financial services based on where people live.

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