links for 2008-03-12

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  1. Black Canseco wrote:

    What Ferraro said has always been at the core of american feminism in particular along with whole segments of the white female community: this notion that people of color—black folks in particular—are children, lesser thans, mascots that exist to prove how progressive whites can be and should only “be” on the paternalistic and yes, maternalistic terms as set forth by white women and white males. Any deviation is to not play your position.

    We live in a nation where every single president has been a white male, all but 2 governors have been white males or white females(—make that 3 counting D. Patterson, courtesy of Client #9), all but 2 supreme court justices have been white males and white females, all but 2 senators have been white males and white females and less than 5% of the House of Reps have been People of Color. Ever…

    but Barack’s just some lucky negro who should know how good he’s got it and white women like ferraro are the real victims?

    uh, yeah.

    http://knockthehustleblog.typepad.com/hustleknockin/2008/03/obama-is-lucky.html

  2. EH wrote:

    I have to admit I’m a bit irritated at all the defense Ferraro is getting. I hate making comparisons that seem blatantly obvious but you know if she had been black and stated a candidate was winning because they were white there would be cries about the race card, political correctness, racism, etc for days.

    The general response I’ve seen from many whites (I’m not generalizing and saying ALL whites) has been “Well she’s just stating a fact.”

    Now I’m not saying I don’t think Obama’s race hasn’t played some role in his success just like I’m sure Hillary’s gender has played some role in her’s.

    But the sheer hypocrisy of the reactions to the statements she’s made make me want to scream.

    Then this woman does something that many (once again not generalizing) whites do when faced with accusations of racism. Play the victim and try to turn it around onto someone else.

    Some recent examples would be Michael Richards. “Well what he said was racist. But what about those two black guys heckling him they started it.” Or Don Imus. “He’s not racist. Rappers say that. What about hip-hop?? Let’s talk about hip-hop.”

    In all honesty though I’d rather have the racial aspect covered instead of ignored and thought of as “not mattering” in this country. It does matter and people should talk about it. But with the way the media is they tend to take race issues, hype them up, stir up problems, and cause more problems than they fix.

    If anyone gets a chance Tim Wise has another article (not “Uh-Obama”) on his site that talks about blacks voting en masse for Obama and what that means. Something the media doesn’t seem to have a clue about.