Biden changes spokesperson, Karine Jean-Pierre first African American and LGBTQ

From the ex-girlfriend of Stamford to the daughter of Haitian emigrants, exponent of the LGBTQ + movement. The communication of the White House significantly changes its image, weight and history with the appointment of Karine Jean-Pierre as the new spokesperson for the US president, after the release of Jen Psaki, expected by a future television commentator. Jean-Pierre, 44, had made an appearance in her briefings, as Psaki’s deputy, showing the ability to be clear and ready to argue, but always with her smile. Jean-Pierre brings the story of a girl who grew up from nothing and became the voice of the White House, through her experiences as a civil rights activist, chief of staff of Kamala Harris’ campaign, the first lesbian declared to occupy a role of that level. She had previously been an advisor and spokesperson for MoveOn.org, a civil rights advocacy organization, and analyst for NBC and MSNBC. Born in Martinique of Haitian parents, fluent in English, French and Haitian Creole, Jean-Pierre grew up in Queens, the multi-ethnic suburb of New York. With her parents busy all day with more jobs, she had to take care of brothers and sisters. She graduated from the New York Institute of Technology, and with a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia, she pursued a career in politics. During Barack Obama’s presidential campaign in 2008, she was called to play the role of political director of the Southeast area and then director of political affairs in the White House. Her cultural references are African American, Hispanic, activist women, such as Barbara Jordan, the first black woman to give the introductory speech at the Democratic Party convention, in 1976. “When I heard her speak again, in ’92 – she had remembered Jean-Pierre in an article for MSNBC – I felt she, I felt represented by her. Jordan gave me political passion, the desire to fight for something ». And then Edwidge Danticat’s books centered around an American Haitian girl like Karine, who grew up in New York. The civil battles of Joan Trumpauer Mulholland, those of Dolores Huerta for farm workers, the activist with whom Jean-Pierre went to the Mexican border in defense of families, women and children, separated under the Trump administration. And Michelle Duster, great-granddaughter of black people civil rights pioneer Ida Wells, and of course her mother, who died too young, but in time to see her daughter graduate from one of America’s most prestigious universities, Columbia. After experiencing misery, her mother had managed to build a dignified life, and she had gone to Port-au-Prince to study. There she had met her future husband, with whom she decided to emigrate to the United States, where she had two jobs: assistant in a nursing home and owner of a beauty salon. Jean-Pierre has dedicated every milestone he has achieved to her, and he will probably do it again this time. Since 2020, Karine has lived in Washington with CNN correspondent Suzanne Malveaux, and her daughter. In an interview about her being openly gay and working in the White House in Obama’s time, Jean-Pierre said: “What’s wonderful is that I’m not the only one, I’m one of many. President Obama did not hire LGBTQ personnel, but capable people who were also LGBTQs. Serving Obama by being openly gay was an incredible honor, he made me feel part of an administration that considers homosexual issues important ». The vice president was Joe Biden, the one who has now taken it up another step: from today the voice of the president will also have this face.