In the 2024 presidential election, Kamala Harris won 92% of Black women’s votes and 78% of Black men’s. However, she was unable to secure the presidency.
Harris would have been the first Black and South Asian woman elected president—but with Americans divided along political, racial and gender lines, her campaign faced problems that reflected America’s larger issues.
Today, Dialogue hears from experts on the election loss and its effect on Black Americans’ mental health.
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GUESTS:
Dr. Lisa Liggins-Chambers
- School psychologist for Caravel Counseling & Diagnostics
- Adjunct Lecturer at the Psychology Department at Parkland
- Contributing writer for the online edition of Psychology Today Magazine
- Adjunct Lecturer in the College of Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Cornell Belcher
- Democratic Pollster / MSNBC Contributor
- Writer, author and political strategist
- Founder of Brilliant Corners Research & Strategies
Dr. Carol Anderson
- Robert W. Woodruff Professor of African American Studies at Emory University
- New York Times Best-selling Author
- Historian