From the Magazine: Stacey Abrams says being a black woman in politics isn’t 'some fatal diagnosis'
By KK Ottesen May 14 at 7:00 AM Stacey Abrams, 45, ran as the Democratic candidate for governor of Georgia in 2018. She was the first African American woman nominated to run for governor by a major party in any state, and the first to deliver the State of the Union response. Previously, Abrams served as minority leader in the Georgia House of Representatives. She is a lawyer and the author of several romance suspense novels , as well as the memoir “Lead From the Outside.
Then there was the highest-ranking woman at Coca-Cola. She started telling me things. And the president of Ben & Jerry’s. They saw it as an opportunity to educate me, and I was just so hungry for information. I was listening and learning so much so that over time, they forgot that I sort of barged in. They started telling me when the meetings were. And I eventually got my own notebook.
Well, if I’m going to do something, I ask for information, I seek out input. But I don’t ask for permission. Because either it is something you intend to do or it is not. That sounded a little bit like Yoda. [Laughs.] If it’s something you need to do, why would their response vitiate your determination?
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