Actually, I saw a comment today saying that Obama was powerful because he could transcend race, etc.....and I thought, holy cow, they mean he speaks like a white man, therefore he's transcending race!
Yeah, I know what you mean. It's just a more veiled version of the infamous "clean" comment.
You never hear people saying "I'm not a misogynist, some of my best friends are women!" Heh, actually I have heard that, from guys who really didn't sound like they thought women were actually human, no less. But I see your point; it's kind of amazing in its awfulness, the varied ways humans find to squash each other.
Granted, shaking things up because you're not white/male/protestant might be part of what makes someone a good president to elect for the next 4 years.
I see why you objected to the Op-ed piece, too, but this was kind of what I read Ms. Steinem as saying with her closing statement, rather than that being the female candidate was the reason to vote for a particular one. OTOH, even being able to have this debate (nationally speaking, I mean) is progress.
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Date: 2008-01-09 04:20 am (UTC)Yeah, I know what you mean. It's just a more veiled version of the infamous "clean" comment.
You never hear people saying "I'm not a misogynist, some of my best friends are women!"
Heh, actually I have heard that, from guys who really didn't sound like they thought women were actually human, no less. But I see your point; it's kind of amazing in its awfulness, the varied ways humans find to squash each other.
Granted, shaking things up because you're not white/male/protestant might be part of what makes someone a good president to elect for the next 4 years.
I see why you objected to the Op-ed piece, too, but this was kind of what I read Ms. Steinem as saying with her closing statement, rather than that being the female candidate was the reason to vote for a particular one. OTOH, even being able to have this debate (nationally speaking, I mean) is progress.