Recently, when asked *specifically* what she intended to do to "bring down prices and mak[e] life more affordable", Kamala "Sutra" Harris went into word-salad mode ... and never got close to answering the question. As she meandered her way to no-where, she said that she "grew up in a neighborhood of folks who were very proud of their lawn ...". What, you may wonder, is that all about?
What it's about is that she's trying to tell black "folks" that, "See! I'm just like you!"
Recall that Kamala "Sutra" Harris grew up in Canada, and has little to none of the "lived-experience" of black Americans. BUT, she has heard of the old stereotype within "the black community" of the "lawn-proud" black man. So, she's making reference to that stereotype to say to black "folks" that, "See! I'm just like you!" ... probably without realizing that the "lawn-proud" black man was a figure of both amusement and bemusement.
By the way, in the black neighborhood in which I grew up, only the very few white households (my family were the only white household with children for blocks around) had lawns. The reason for this is that in the black households, the lady of the house *swept* the lawn with a broom on a daily basis.
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