Black women support Hillary Clinton because their men cheat too?
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
I’m glad the bad-ass ladies at What About Our Daughters? are speaking out about this. I watched this segment on CNN early this morning too but was not quite awake enough to trust my reaction to the piece. Glad I wasn’t the only one thinking, WTF?
This Week’s Wagging Finger of Shame Award Goes to Essence magazine editor Tatsha Robertson for being a complete and total embarrassment to Black women everywhere for saying this foolishness on CNN:
“Even though she’s Hillary Clinton, they [Black women] see themselves, you know, within her, dealing with the family issues, the infidelity issues.”
According to CNN’s Chris Lawrence Robertson says Clinton’s ultimate embarrassment is her greatest asset. Robertson went on to say:
“She decided, you know, whether she wanted to stay or not, and I really think, you know, people respect that about Hillary Clinton, especially black women. “
Really? Is that why black women like Hillary? Because their men are cheating on them too, so they identify with Hillary’s marriage problems? As opposed to say, her accomplishments or views or positions or personality?
Check out the transcript here.
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of 
Brakeline wrote:
Hell if that were true, I’d send a message to Rudy… Perhaps she/they should’ve used that other news source in Atlanta for better information and insight on what “black women want” and why:
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2007/11/28/newblkwomenvoters_1129.html
(poor John Edwards!).
Posted 30 Nov 2007 at 1:19 pm ¶
Fiqah wrote:
Lord…
Posted 30 Nov 2007 at 1:29 pm ¶
Neil wrote:
hey it’s how i based all MY opinions.
i’m voting for obama, cos he breathes oxygen. i can relate to breathing oxygen. i breathe oxygen all the time, you see.
it’s a GREAT way to vote!
Posted 30 Nov 2007 at 2:01 pm ¶
Paul wrote:
Accomplishments, views, and positions?
The Clintons hurt the black community ina variety of ways ranging from the Sista Souljah incident to welfare “reform” to support of the Three Strikes ideology.
It’s time for people to wake up and see that the Clintons were as bad as Ronnie for people fo color.
Posted 30 Nov 2007 at 2:42 pm ¶
gatamala wrote:
{sigh} the book cover is so appropos…you would know about THAT carmen
Posted 30 Nov 2007 at 3:34 pm ¶
Christina wrote:
Wow, that is depressing. What I wouldn’t give to stop both personality politics and ridiculous statements about race and gender like this.
Posted 30 Nov 2007 at 4:00 pm ¶
eric daniels wrote:
Oh well could be worse, I don’t like Hillary because she is corrupt as a Ying Yang twins video and as someone who supports the Green Party the Clinton has created damage upon Black America just as bad or worse.
Posted 30 Nov 2007 at 4:22 pm ¶
Mixed Hero Love wrote:
Aw dang, I just checked: damn Alan Keyes is running, shoot! So Obama’s not the only one in the pack see.
So Christina: Vote for the Hispanic or the Mormon– that’s the real minority challenge in the pack– or have people forgotten ethnicity versus religion? I count at least two Baptists running– maybe some more before this is all through… (:
Posted 30 Nov 2007 at 4:38 pm ¶
dnA wrote:
Only Black men cheat. Just ask Giuliani. Or John McCain. Or Fred Thompson. Or Newt Gingrich. Or Henry Hyde. Or David Vitter. Or Larry Craig. Or….
Have I made my point yet?
I’m really about to lose my shit with the “All black men cheat” thing. If I hear one more black woman say that all black men cheat, I really may lose my fucking cookies. This shit is irritating. White men can troll for dick in a public bathroom and it no one makes the assumption that white men can’t control themselves sexually.
You really don’t need to go to Fox or VH1 to see black people perpetuating stereotypes. You can just pick up any glossy bougie black magazine and get the same trash.
As a side note, someone better clarify the following statement before people start thinking thangs:
lol?
Posted 30 Nov 2007 at 6:51 pm ¶
Anon wrote:
Nice timing dnA,. He was an ass and hypocrite but dang…
Henry Hyde, Dead at 83 Today:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-hyde30web30,1,7590851.story
At least he did it with a beautician– explains his good hair…
Posted 30 Nov 2007 at 8:27 pm ¶
gatamala wrote:
dNA
I’m “mad” she knows about Dickey’s books & that she posted it up there. This chick on CNN seems like the type who lives & dies for those books. Hence, the bw can commiserate bs.
Posted 01 Dec 2007 at 3:07 pm ¶
Mike wrote:
dnA
” This shit is irritating. White men can troll for dick in a public bathroom and it no one makes the assumption that white men can’t control themselves sexually.”
LOL, you did not know white men have a pass to nail everybody and everthing with no questions asked.
Thank you Tatsha Robertson for boiling down black womens views to who is sleeping with who.
Posted 01 Dec 2007 at 7:12 pm ¶
dnA wrote:
Lol….I thought you were getting mad personal!
Posted 01 Dec 2007 at 11:22 pm ¶
summer wrote:
awwww! may I please scream?!
i scream not simply because of the ridiculousness of what she said, but for the fact that she took it upon herself to speak on CNN for all black women. Just cause she’s accepted dysfunctionality doesn’t mean every black woman has.
I am mad at her for not using her voice more responsibly. Seriously. She knows good and damn well that there are a ton of out of touch non-blacks who actually believe that one black person can speak for the whole race.
I can hear it now:
“You know, all their men cheat.”
“Really?! You don’t say.”
“Yeah, the black girl on CNN said it this morning.”
Posted 03 Dec 2007 at 1:15 pm ¶
Angela wrote:
“Bad ass ladies” must be the new slang for “complete freaking hypocrites”. The “women” behind WAOD are the same women behind Dateawhiteguy.blogspot.com and are proud of calling black women “mammies” and “breeders” and talking about how having children with white men will make the black race better. Racialicious needs to be more peculiar about the company it keeps.
Posted 04 Dec 2007 at 2:25 pm ¶
Latoya Peterson wrote:
Hey Angela -
Where did you get that info? I went to the site you referenced and saw the main contributor as Halima Anderson, author of the book she is also promoting.
Meanwhile, WOAD references the following contributors:
Gem2001 (Benevolent Dictator)
Symphony(Dunbar Village 411)
Attorneymom (Resident Contrarian)
Shecodes (The Diplomat/The Enforcer)
Professor Tracey (Critical Thinking Skillz)
Content Black Woman ( Faith, Religion, News)
***
They don’t appear to be the same people. Is there info you have about the contributors that we don’t know about?
Posted 04 Dec 2007 at 2:40 pm ¶
Mike wrote:
Angela
Whoa lady, I think you are reaching for it there. That posse is with out a doubt militant, but that is understandable considering the hell black women catch now a days. The Only IR site that I remember was Evia’s or something like that which although kind of lame as most IR advocate “movement” sites are, it is a lot more tame compared to that other one. There is no “I hate Black men” declarations coming out of them, (some of there followers maybe), They are just FOCUSED.
Posted 04 Dec 2007 at 2:56 pm ¶
Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:
I just emailed Gina from WAOD about this and she directed me to this post, in which she addresses these accusations.
Posted 04 Dec 2007 at 4:09 pm ¶