Kamala Harris’victory speechwas empowering in more ways than one.
The outfit was more than a fashion statement, though.
It also paid homage to the women’s suffrage movement.
Rabinovitch-Fox added that the color was also used by Black suffragists outside of their fight for the vote.
They notably wore white in a silent parade in 1917 held in protest to lynching and racial discrimination.
Hillary Clinton rocked a white pantsuit when she accepted the Democratic nomination just four years ago.
Harris' white suit connected her to a long line of women who fought to break down barriers.
Harris paid homage to the women who came before her in her speech.
“But she believed so deeply in an America where a moment like this is possible.
So, I’m thinking about her and about the generations of women Black Women.
