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Sexism and Misogyny | 57 comments (57 topical, editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Sexism and Misogyny (none / 1)

My thoughts are, gee, I never coulda been a philosophy major! Also, I'm glad I avoid the traditional media, except as excerpted by brilliant folks like C&L, Media Matters, etc.

As a (female) constituent of HRC's, I was more excited about Dodd's candidacy than hers, because he has actually stuck his neck out for the Constitution he has sworn to uphold.

Do you think a similar split could be made in racist remarks as you're making between sexism and misogyny? I've always thought it's useful to split personal racism (e.g. David Duke, whoever was behind the Willie Horton commercial, etc.) and hard-to-escape institutional racism (e.g. if I get my big ol' backpack off the seat next to me on the bus so you can sit down, and we're different colors, you may assume that I'm trying to to prevent you from stealing it, just because we live in this society... Or the different assumptions people make about a woman pushing a stroller depending on the apparent ethnicities of the woman and the baby... (adoptive mommy? nanny? etc.)).

The most surprising comments I've seen in a recent visit to dKos were tons of people saying, but what was so racist in Bill C bringing up Jesse Jackson? (when that to me was THE straw breaking the benefit-of-the-doubt-camel's back bc it was so flagrant, fanning racist flames...)

by Lyrebird on Sat May 17th, 2008 at 11:15:30 PM EST

Re: Sexism and Misogyny (none / 0)

Well, I probably let too many of those incidents slide. I guess that's my mia culpa in this context.

by BooMan on Sat May 17th, 2008 at 11:21:24 PM EST
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Re: Sexism and Misogyny (none / 0)

I do think there's a difference between the overt, Klansman-type racism and the kind of racism that leads whites to be nervous about Obama because of the Jeremiah Wrights of the world (the ones who secretly or not-so-secretly fear that black folks are all black nationalists who hate them). The former people are simply hateful. But you can show the latter that they're wrong and help them to not let their prejudices get the better of them. The latter, I think, derives more from a lack of understanding through a lack of exposure than from a deep hatred.

Be nice to America. Or we'll bring democracy to you country.

by Drew J Jones (blahblahblah@blahblahblah.com) on Sat May 17th, 2008 at 11:26:35 PM EST
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Re: Sexism and Misogyny (none / 0)

What was racist about Clinton's comparison to Jesse Jackson was that he was trying to dismiss Obama's win in South Carolina, implying he only won it because he was black (and implying Jesse Jackson only won it for the same reason), and implying that Obama's campaign would fizzle just as Jesse's had when they got to white states.

I'm surprised people don't understand why that comment was so very offensive to the black community.

"If you look for the social economic motive, you will not have to wait for history to tell you what was propaganda and what was truth." - George Seldes

by Real History Lisa (lpeaseRemoveThis@gte.net) on Sun May 18th, 2008 at 12:34:08 PM EST
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Sexism and Misogyny | 57 comments (57 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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