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Op-ed for The Hill: The DCCC’s ‘blacklist’ protects a white male political status quo

January 28, 2020

Campaign Director Brenda Choresi Carter explains who gatekeepers are, how they operate, and how they impede democracy.

From the Op-Ed:

[T]he data are clear, and so are the facts. Though we like to imagine elections as a level playing field, the odds are stacked against change…. The party gatekeepers who choose candidates tend to buy the myth that white men are more electable, and the media give more positive coverage to male candidates than to women. All in all, women of all races and men of color face an uphill battle, and often must challenge an incumbent white man in a primary fight.

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