As I See It
America with a D.E.I. birthday
It’s hard to believe, but the U.S.A. is about to celebrate another major birthday. We’re 13 months away from the year 2026, and that’s the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, a document signed by a room full of white males. No black, or Latin, or Indigenous men in the famous painting of the signing, and we assume Betsy Ross was off somewhere else, sewing a flag. But the document still says “All men are created equal.”
Is our next celebration of the D-O-I going to be more D-E-I? The musical “1776,” which is specifically about the writing of the Declaration, only has two female characters, Mrs. Adams and Mrs. Jefferson. But it is important for them to be represented. We’re still trying to figure out where women fit in, as part of the grand experiment.
Our first female vice president is finishing up her term of office, having failed to earn a promotion in the election. Democrats had a female nominee in two of the last three presidential runs, and they both lost to the same man. California Gov. Gavin Newsom says it’s ‘ludicrous’ for anybody to assume that since women still haven’t won the presidency yet, they never will. I would think one of these years, both major parties will nominate women, at the same time. We shouldn’t want people thinking of America as, to borrow a phrase from the Little Rascals, the He-Man Woman-Haters Club.
