When white women took to Zoom last week to support the Democrat, a technical glitch forced the livestream to abruptly end just a few minutes after it began. Some of the white women who had logged on said the idea of supporting Kamala Harris as an identity group was necessary and empowering. “It’s like a rainbow of beige.”Ross Morales Rocketto, the group’s lead organizer, said a lot of people expressed discomfort about the concept of White Dudes for Harris. We know that the silent majority of white men aren’t actually MAGA supporters.”But other attendees, such as Jeff Bridges — who played the Dude in the “The Big Lebowski” — wore their White Dudes for Harris hats with pride. “She told me that white women did need to come together as a community to do the work,” Watts said.

Source: Los Angeles Times July 31, 2024 16:38 UTC