Richard Prince’s Piping Hot Journal-isms Roundtable Discussion About News Coverage of Kamala Harris

Greggory W. Morris
3 min readSep 23, 2024
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Succinct Synopsis

The roundtable laser focused typical news media coverage as well as public perceptions, misperceptions, misleading and manipulative distortions of Kamala Harris, the current U.S. Vice President and Democratic Presidential Candidate.

Panelists: Amy L. Alexander, author of “How San Francisco’s Tight Community Of Female ‘Firsts’ Shaped Kamala Harris” (HuffPost); Brakkton Booker, Politico; Errin Haines, the 19th News; Nii-Quartelai Quartey, Ed.D., author, “Kamala, The Motherland and Me”; host, KBLA talk radio, Los Angeles; April Ryan, the Grio; Darlene Superville, Associated Press.

The roundtable was spirited but civil sharp discussion about news media coverage and the positioning of Kamala Harris as the Democratic Presidential Nominee. The back-and-forth repartee and discussions were civil but intense. There was an active ZOOM chatbox. Key points of the discussion included:

· Harris has evolved as a candidate since her initial 2020 presidential run, becoming more comfortable leaning into her personal story and identity as a Black and South Asian woman. However…

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Greggory W. Morris

Award Winning Assistant J-Professor, Hunter College/CUNY. Author, Writer. Blogs at blog.hunterword.com. Using Medium.com to test-drive writing projects.