Donald Trump has realized something that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago: A Black woman can beat him in a presidential election.

Trump’s decision to speak at the annual National Association of Black Journalists Convention and Career Fair in Chicago on Wednesday signals a recognition that he’s got to do something to turn down the heat that Kamala Harris has generated by taking over for Joe Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket.

Trump wouldn’t be making this play if he didn’t see Harris as a real threat, a development that has surprised me more than Trump’s rise in 2016 surprised the rest of the mainstream media.

From my vantage point as a Black man who has covered politics in one form or another for the last 20 years, I didn’t have any confidence that voters would give Harris a fair chance.

I’ve seen the struggles Black women have had in all areas of American society and figured the silent racism that creeps up in........

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