VP Kamala Harris visits a black barbershop, sits down to talk to Uncle Luke
Five years ago, the current vice president set the record straight on truancy laws, black homeownership, the economy, campaigning for black votes
Writer’s note: The first part of this post is intended to explain why I’m just now finding out about this (still-relevant) interview five years later. Feel free to keep scrolling if you just want to get to Kamala-Luke talk. Thanks for reading!
I don’t know what happened on the Fourth of July, but YouTube’s algorithms have been spectacular lately. In the past three weeks, I’m seeing podcasts that I’d never heard of and news stations (ex. Black Star Network) I didn’t even know were on, including journalist/broadcaster Roland Martin’s show.
Because I usually celebrate Juneteenth instead of the Fourth of July, I didn’t plan to do much to honor the holiday outside of walk my dog and listen to a few audiobook chapters of Michael Tubman’s “Black AF.” I did just that, but when I returned home, I opened YouTube up again and started clicking on this new feed rich with content from African-American voters about news and politics. Thank you, algorithms!
Me leaving Twitter two years ago has left me out of the loop on quite a few programs and updates. Although I have zero desire to be part of Elon Musk’s version of Twitter, now named X, I was tweeting up a storm from 2008 until 2022. I was always in the loop — of everything.
Professionally, I was doing so because I was in charge of the Twitter account for a black-owned newspaper during former President Barack Obama’s campaign. From that point, I stayed on Twitter multiple times a day — and a decade later. Almost immediately after Elon Musk bought the social media platform in October 2022 and fired countless employees, I found myself getting angrier on Twitter every single day. I finally threw up the deuces and resigned myself to “missing out” on trending topics.
I’m indifferent about Instagram (although I have an account) and Threads. I have zero interest in Facebook. But I do enjoy Bluesky and Pinterest, primarily for professional reasons. Then there’s YouTube, which I never had a strong opinion about either way — until now. Something changed. Maybe it’s because it’s a political season, and things are moving fast. All I know is I’m running into quality interviews, podcast hosts, discussions and even better ads in the past three weeks than I ever was for years.
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By far, one of the interviews I wish I would’ve seen five years ago but completely slept through was Kamala Harris during her presidential run. We all know she became President Joe Biden’s right-hand woman as the vice president, and she’s now taking a second chance as the Democratic presidential nominee for 2024.
Recommended Read: “'Win With Black Men' Live in support of 2024 presidential nominee Kamala Harris ~ Journalist Roland Martin invites black men to speak up with their support for VP Kamala Harris as the next potential U.S. president”
In this two-part interview with Luther “Uncle Luke” Campbell — yes, I’m referring to “Me So Horny” Luke from 2 Live Crew — he addresses his criticism of Harris being a prosecuting attorney, her truancy record and even mentions her marital choices. While I expected to cringe through this entire thing, she did a great job of confronting every stereotype, (busybody) complaint and remind potential voters of her track record.
These two interviews — one with Uncle Luke by himself and another in a barbershop — are as relevant in 2024 as they were in 2019. I highly encourage voters, especially black male voters, to check both videos out.
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