Amala Ekpunobi
Kamala Pulls Out the Blaccent…AGAIN
Kamala Harris spoke with a strange accent when addressing a predominantly black crowd in Detroit, though the accent was curiously missing when she gave the exact same speech in Pittsburgh less than 24 hours later. And this is far from the first example of her obvious inauthenticity. Let’s talk about it.
- Duration:
- 13m
- Broadcast on:
- 05 Sep 2024
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- mp3
You better thank a union member for sick leave. You better thank a union member for paid leave. You better thank a union member for vacation time. You better thank a union member for sick leave. You better thank a union member for paid leave. You better thank a union member for Purple Kool-Aid. Guys, I can't do this. She's done it again. Carmel Harris is doing a black set. I have to say it. I don't know why people aren't realizing this. They're saying she's code switching. She's doing a black set and playing into black stereotypes. Let's talk about it. ♪ Yeah, you better, yeah, you better ♪ ♪ Yeah, you better, yeah, you better ♪ Guys, before we get into today's video, please like and subscribe. We are back again talking about Carmel Harris's black set. Yes, we spoke about this before on this channel. And you all helped us win in 2020, and we're gonna do it again in 2024. And now she's back and she's doing it again. She didn't learn her lesson the first time. That clip you just watched was her in Detroit. And again, it is sparking discourse on the internet as to why she is pulling this black/southern preacher accent when she's talking to predominantly black crowds. In case you didn't catch it the first time, let's play it again. And then we're going to compare it to how Carmel Harris speaks at other rallies, just so you get the side-by-side view of what's going on here. You better thank a union member. (audience cheering) For the five-day work week, you better thank a union member for sick leave, you better thank a union member for paid leave, you better thank a union member for vacation time. So that was in Detroit. Now we're gonna go to Pittsburgh and see how she sounds. Unions for sick leave, thank unions for paid family leave, thank unions for your vacation time. (audience cheering) Please give me a break y'all, give me a break. Now a lot of people are running cover for Carmel Harris right now, because there is a propaganda campaign that is working full force to make this woman more likable than she ever has been. Y'all will remember both Democrats and Republicans did not like this woman two seconds ago, but now that she is the Democrat nominee, people are running full force in support of Carmel Harris and trying to make all of this seem okay. And the big phrase you're gonna hear in reference to her different accents that she's pulling for different crowds is code switching. Carmel Harris is code switching. It is commonplace among people of color. You know, we have different backgrounds, different ways we speak, some of us use AAVE, African American vernacular English, and Carmel Harris is just used to that culture. So she utilizes it when she's around people of that culture, and she tones it down when she's speaking to predominantly white audiences, I guess. Except Carmel Harris is not code switching because she is not used to the code. And you can tell that by listening to her. It sounds wholly unnatural. It sounds almost alien the words that are coming out of her mouth, much like it sounded alien when Joe Biden said, "If you don't vote for me, you ain't black." - And you ain't black. (soft piano music) Now we know for a day, I'm sure. Joe Biden is not using the word ain't in his daily life, but when addressing a black man and trying to convince him to vote for him, he felt the need to insert that word, that AAVE, that African American vernacular English, and the same for Carmel Harris, when she's addressing a predominantly black crowd. She feels the need to lean on black stereotypes as a means of saying, "Ain't I wanna you guys?" And can you imagine if Carmel Harris pulled this with any other ethnic background, what if she got in front of a crowd of Hispanics and started pulling a Hispanic accent or an Asian accent or an African accent? Would that be acceptable in any way, shape, or form? And I guess people are leaning on this code switching example for Carmel Harris because she does have black in her background, one of her parents is Jamaican. But even with that being the case, wouldn't you sound more like cinnamon from apple jacks? - It's the winama. - And of course I kid, I kid. I've been known to code switch on occasion and I grew up with an African background, at least with one of my parents. But I also lived in a town where AAVE, if that's what we wanna call it, was used regularly as a child. And I just have a feeling that I could go out on a strong limb and say that it's not the same upbringing that Carmel Harris experienced. - And you know what other people feel the same way I do, because we've been trying to get an answer on this. Peter Ducey actually asked the press secretary for the current administration, Karine Jean-Pierre, how she felt about Carmel Harris pulling this accent. He refers to it as a southern accent, but we all know what it really is. It's a black said. Let's see if the press secretary answers that question. - A different topic. Since when does the vice president have what sounds like a southern accent? - Better thank a union member for sick leave. You're better thank a union member for paid leave. And you all helped us win in 2020 and we gonna do it again in 2024. - I have no idea what you're talking about. - Well, I mean, this is-- - She was talking about unions in Detroit using one tone of voice. - Is this something that you think-- - Same line-- - Okay, Peter. - That she, she's the same line in Pittsburgh and it sounded like she at least had some kind of a southern crawl. - I mean, do you hear the question that you're, I mean, do you think Americans seriously think that this is an important question? - This American does, this American does. - So answer the day of question. - Karine, you know what they care about? They care about the economy. They care about lowering costs. They care about health care. That's what Americans care about. - So-- - That's what they want to hear. - Okay, well this is something-- - They care about your colleague just asked me about what basically we talked about, went back and forth about democracy and freedom. That's what they care about. I'm not even going to entertain some question about the press. It's just, it's just hearing it sounds so ridiculous. - Well, but hearing-- - You know what else sounds so ridiculous? Kamala's damn accent when she speaks to black people. That's ridiculous. - Hearing it is-- - The question, I'm talking about the questions, is just insane. - Is that how she talks in meetings? - I'm just, Peter, we're moving on. We're still moving around. - She's moving on because she knows what the real answer to the question is if she's paying attention. Kamala Harris addresses crowds differently because she views those crowds differently and when she's speaking to a black crowd, she views them as stereotypical black people who need to be spoken to in that way in order to have some form of connection with them. It is pandering, peak performance, pandering. And although the message may be subtle and something that people can look over, what the message is is that I view black people as being pretty dumb, meaning I can just throw on an accent and put a little AAVE in the things that I say and that's going to make them feel connected to me. It's going to make them feel like I am one of them and then it's going to lead to them voting for me at the ballot box. That's her view of black people. And you know what? She's not the only one who pulls this trick. A lot of different politicians lean on certain stereotypes when they're talking to certain crowds, both Democrat and Republican. Here's an example of Jill Biden. She's speaking to a predominantly Hispanic crowd which you'll figure out quite quickly based on the stereotypes that she leans into. But we can't get those things on our own. Raul helped build this organization with the understanding that the diversity of this community as distinct as the Bogadas of the Bronx, as beautiful as the blossoms of Miami and as unique as the breakfast tacos here in San Antonio. Is your strength? Guys, be so for real right now. She said Bogadas instead of bodegas. She referred to them as unique as breakfast tacos. Yeah. Let me ask you, is there a term besides Mexican that you prefer something less offensive? Mexican is an offensive. Well, I have certain connotations. And I don't know why this clip does not continue to circulate because it really does speak to the way that they view people of different cultures. That's insane. Imagine myself or any other person addressing a black crowd and saying, you know what? You guys are as sweet as watermelon or as unique as the spice profile that goes into the fried chicken at Popeyes. You wouldn't let it slide, would you? And you know what? I'm not into all this well, but that was a microaggression. That was a damn microaggression. And I said that both sides do this. One side way more than the other. And that's the Democrats. But let me remind y'all when Trump put out this post on Cinco de Mayo. Okay, it says happy Cinco de Mayo. The best talkables are made in Trump Tower Grill. I love Hispanics. Oh my gosh. First of all, Cinco de Mayo is a Mexican holiday and he just tags in, I love Hispanics. As in, I love all Hispanics on Cinco de Mayo with his damn talkable. Please guys, please. Who allows these things to happen? And I can go on with example, after example, after example. And I do believe that a certain side of the aisle does this far more than the other. Although we have examples on both sides of the aisle and we really shouldn't. When you are addressing crowds or speaking to your voter base, yes, it's important to meet them where they are, but it's also important that you do not put on a facade because oftentimes the facade you put on isn't actually meeting them where they are. It is playing on stereotypes that you believe will build a connection with the crowd and it falls flat. And amongst all of these politicians, Kamala Harris is particularly bad about leaning into certain caricatures when she's speaking to certain people. (laughing) Let's just get through the next 64 days. (laughing) And I mentioned earlier that Kamala Harris was notoriously disliked by people on both sides of the aisle virtually up until now when this whole propaganda campaign came out to make her look like a better candidate than she actually is. And we should follow the feelings that we had before. Why is it that we did not like Kamala Harris? It's because she comes off as just blatantly inauthentic. And maybe that's because the very position that she has is inauthentic. You'll remember that when Joe Biden was picking his vice president, he said that he wanted a black woman, not that he wanted somebody particularly qualified, not that he was looking for somebody of particular morals and values, but that he wanted a black woman. And Kamala Harris, I guess, fit that profile and had to lean into that part of her identity, much like she leans into that part of her identity when she's speaking to black crowds. And in watching her be chosen to be the vice president, in watching her time as vice president, and in watching her address black crowds now as the presidential nominee, the issue remains the same. The through line is the same. All of it is manufactured and poorly manufactured. I don't know what the real Kamala Harris sounds like. Do you know what the real Kamala Harris sounds like? Better question, does she know what the real Kamala Harris sounds like? Because it seems like every move she makes is manufactured, scripted, and approved by someone outside of her control. And in those rare moments where I feel like I truly get to see the real Kamala Harris, it's not painting a pretty picture. - You think you just fell out of a coconut tree? (laughing) Do exist in the context of all in which you live and what came before you. What can be unburdened by what has been? What can be unburdened by what has been? - So yeah, to some it may be a small thing to analyze the different ways in which Kamala Harris speaks to different crowds, but to me, it plays into a much larger picture. And the large picture is one of inauthenticity, calculated political behavior and peak performance pandering. But hey, those are just my thoughts on the subject. I know she's the golden child of the left now, but let me know how you feel about those things. If you liked this video, like, subscribe, click the notification bell. I'm sorry, wait, I said that again. If y'all vibe in with this video, you know, go on ahead and hit the like button, hit subscribe, you know, hit that notification bell. (laughing) I can't take myself serious guys. If you disagree with anything I said in this video, I encourage healthy debate on this channel, so duke it out, but do so respectfully. And you know what guys, I will see you next time. (laughing) Bye. (upbeat music) ♪ Yeah, you're better ♪ ♪ Yeah, you're better ♪
Kamala Harris spoke with a strange accent when addressing a predominantly black crowd in Detroit, though the accent was curiously missing when she gave the exact same speech in Pittsburgh less than 24 hours later. And this is far from the first example of her obvious inauthenticity. Let’s talk about it.