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[[File:Bass.PNG|right|250px|thumb|Karen Bass wearing the Kente cloth.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/figures-democrats-wore-kente-cloth-honor-geoge-floyd-fabric-ashanti-slave-traders/</ref>]]
[[File:Bass.PNG|right|250px|thumb|Karen Bass wearing the Kente cloth.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/06/figures-democrats-wore-kente-cloth-honor-geoge-floyd-fabric-ashanti-slave-traders/</ref>]]
'''Karen Bass''' (born October 3, 1953), a [[Democrat]], is the [[United States Representative]] for the 37th congressional district of [[California]]. In the 112th Congress, she represented the 33rd district. From 2004–2010, Bass was a member of the [[California State Assembly]] and for almost two years of that time she was its speaker.
'''Karen Bass''' (born October 3, 1953), a [[Democrat]], is the [[United States Representative]] for the 37th congressional district of [[California]], winning election in November 2010. She was selected by Democratic Leader [[Nancy Pelosi]] to serve on the Steering and Policy Committee which sets the policy direction of the Democratic Caucus. Democratic Whip [[Steny Hoyer]] appointed Bass to serve as an Assistant Whip.
In the 112th Congress, she represented California's 33rd district before redistricting. From 2004–2010, Bass was a member of the [[California State Assembly]] and for almost two years of that time she was its speaker.
==Black Panther Party==
[[Karen Bass]] was a member of the [[Black Panther Party]].<ref>[Blue Grit: Making Impossible, Improbable, and Inspirational Political Change ...By Laura Flanders, page 102]</ref>
In a May 5 2005 exchange on Yahoo group Atzlannet, Los Angeles [[Communist Party USA]] organizer Rosalio Munoz revealed his own early connection to Karen Bass, and the of another communist Leroy Parra. He revealed that communists had indeed been [part of Bass's movement, and that she had been a member of the Venceremos Brigade, whose members traveled to Cuba to do agricultural work in support of the Cuban revolution.<ref>[http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NetworkAztlan_News/message/11773, Atzlannnet Re: [Aztlannet_News] Re: Who Killed Neto Falcon: Thu May 5, 2005 8:16 am]</ref>
Many of Karen Bass' early influences were from West Los Angeles white and Jewish leftist circles;
:''It (the white left) played a huge role for me. In Hamilton (High School) for instance, lots of the Jewish parents were activists. Some of them were in the Communist Party. So I grew up with a lot of red diaper babies. And there were some African American parents who were in the Communist Party. There were teachers who were in the Communist Party. So white radicals were very influential. And at the same time you have the Panthers and the whole Black movement.''<ref>[Black Los Angeles: American Dreams and Racial Realities
edited by Darnell M. Hunt, Ana-Christina Ramón page 137]</ref>
==Kente clothe controversy==
[[Democratic party]] lawmakers, led by House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] and Rep. Karen Bass faced overwhelming backlash after wearing Kente cloth during their nearly nine-minute moment of silence in a [[photo-op]] staged to show their alleged sympathy for black victims of police brutality. Some fiddled with iphones while allegedly mourning [[George Floyd]]. Many users across social media questioned their motives and blasted them for missing the mark.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/08/outrage-at-democrats-wearing-kente-cloth-during-moment-of-silence-so-woke-it-actually-feels-racist/</ref>
[[Democratic party]] lawmakers, led by House Speaker [[Nancy Pelosi]] and Rep. Karen Bass faced overwhelming backlash after wearing Kente cloth during their nearly nine-minute moment of silence in a [[photo-op]] staged to show their alleged sympathy for black victims of police brutality. Some fiddled with iphones while allegedly mourning [[George Floyd]]. Many users across social media questioned their motives and blasted them for missing the mark.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/06/08/outrage-at-democrats-wearing-kente-cloth-during-moment-of-silence-so-woke-it-actually-feels-racist/</ref>