As we welcome in a new administration for our country, we must acknowledge the diversity of the Biden Cabinet. I must say that I am pleased to see the “Rainbow Coalition” of participants he has gathered. #BlackWomenLead is a hashtag I created that celebrates how the world progresses when Black Women are in positions of power.
It truly is the most diverse cabinet we’ve seen in recent years. Black women were vital to this candidacy and will be even more vital as we push through the agenda. And as always, Black Women have worked hard to have ’45’ unseated and we are still working to have more and more representation in places of power.
It makes sense then, that we should also be represented in this cabinet as a voice for Black Women. With that, let us take a look at the Black Women behind the Biden Cabinet:
Kamala Harris, Vice President
This Howard University Alum will sit side by side with President Biden and will have the deciding vote in the Senate. We know that Biden is grooming her for the Presidency, which makes this all the more historical!
Marcia Fudge- HUD Secretary
Fudge actually was vying for the USDA position (to become the first Black Female Agricultural secretary) and publicly spoke up about her disdain for certain cabinet positions for people of color: “As this country becomes more and more diverse, we’re going to have to stop looking at only certain agencies as those that people like me fit in,” she said. “You know, it’s always ‘we want to put the Black person in Labor or HUD.’” Apparently, she got over it and with HUD playing a key role in the incoming administration’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, let’s hope she is given everything at her disposal to be successful.
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, UN Ambassador
Current and former US foreign service officers praised Thomas-Greenfield as an ideal candidate to restore the standing of the US and rebuild credibility at the venerable multilateral institution.
Susan Rice, White House Domestic Policy
Rice described the job as “the front line for our fight for all that matters right now.” Other than the coronavirus pandemic and economic recovery, which she said are “job one for everybody,” the DPC’s top priorities will be health care, immigration and racial equality and justice. The latter is something the Black community is definitely rooting for. We wish her and all the other sisters much luck in this administration! It is truly a great reason to celebrate. Black Women LEAD!
