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gabeana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Mar-19-08 04:11 PM
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4. Racism even more
during womens suffrage white women made black women march in the back of the parade lines so as not upset southern white women,

Is there more women governors or governors of color
that goes for senators as well


there is sexism of course but don't deny or deflate the harm of racism because it effects women of color twice
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  -for those of you who insist that there is no sexism in our society, look at obama's speech and, each niyad  Mar-19-08 04:06 PM   #0 
  - My God, you are stretching....  fascisthunter   Mar-19-08 04:09 PM   #1 
  - right on cue. heaven forfend we should look at sexism and the patriarchy as the  niyad   Mar-19-08 04:10 PM   #3 
  - And I feel sorry that you have to drag sexism into this forum  sfexpat2000   Mar-19-08 04:15 PM   #10 
  - this is a forum on politics, and patriarchy and sexism are all about politics. so sorry you can't  niyad   Mar-19-08 04:18 PM   #16 
     - You haven't provided a connection. Feel sorry for yourself. n/t  sfexpat2000   Mar-19-08 04:21 PM   #23 
  - Deleted message  Name removed   Mar-19-08 04:19 PM   #17 
     - oh, how EVER will I bear up under your displeasure?  niyad   Mar-19-08 04:21 PM   #22 
     - now that was obtuse... and the word is spelled "Egypt"  fascisthunter   Mar-19-08 04:25 PM   #29 
     - remd I-95  niyad   Mar-19-08 04:24 PM   #27 
        - yuh sure... whatever the hell that means (nt)  fascisthunter   Mar-19-08 04:26 PM   #32 
           - you are so smart, and I am so stupid, surely you can figure it out?  niyad   Mar-19-08 04:29 PM   #37 
  - both suck, dear, but this one is about virulent racism, which some of `  roguevalley   Mar-19-08 05:31 PM   #60 
  - Why and please explain why?  Blue State Native   Mar-19-08 06:18 PM   #72 
  - actually, it is true.  Texas Hill Country   Mar-19-08 04:10 PM   #2 
  - Racism even more  gabeana   Mar-19-08 04:11 PM   #4 
  - the question is no is there more....  NYCALIZ   Mar-19-08 04:14 PM   #8 
  - you made my point --thanks  gabeana   Mar-19-08 04:25 PM   #28 
  - what percentage of black candidates are voted into office?  NYCALIZ   Mar-19-08 04:33 PM   #44 
  - The disproportionality is HUGE. AA's have SUBTANTIALLY better representation than women in Congress  Texas Hill Country   Mar-19-08 04:25 PM   #31 
  - wow... you left out a few words, hard to translate... but i would like to point out that...  Texas Hill Country   Mar-19-08 04:23 PM   #26 
  - Yes your link to support  gabeana   Mar-19-08 04:31 PM   #40 
  - Both problems need to be tackled  gorenobel   Mar-19-08 06:17 PM   #71 
  - Yep, but we haven't come that far yet. Sexism is pretty popular around here, racism, not so much.  goldcanyonaz   Mar-19-08 04:11 PM   #5 
  - I'm going to do that!  LisaM   Mar-19-08 04:12 PM   #6 
  - Who here has claimed there is no sexism in our society?  sfexpat2000   Mar-19-08 04:13 PM   #7 
  - If you don't get in line with Hillary here  gabeana   Mar-19-08 04:17 PM   #14 
     - this post isn't about hillary. it's about a society that is STILL sexist and patriarchal  niyad   Mar-19-08 04:19 PM   #18 
     - These wild and ungrounded claims of sexism hurt our movement.  sfexpat2000   Mar-19-08 04:20 PM   #19 
  - Hillary should give a moving, earth-shattering speech about it, then.  VolcanoJen   Mar-19-08 04:14 PM   #9 
  - It would violate her "no big speeches" policy.  Starbucks Anarchist   Mar-19-08 04:15 PM   #12 
  - Naw... she just can't do it.  demdog78   Mar-19-08 04:18 PM   #15 
  - I wish she would  OzarkDem   Mar-19-08 04:27 PM   #34 
     - Is she not good at multi-tasking?  VolcanoJen   Mar-19-08 04:28 PM   #35 
     - My guess, she wants to focus dialogue on the "crisis" issues  OzarkDem   Mar-19-08 04:31 PM   #39 
        - Well, it's a good idea.  VolcanoJen   Mar-19-08 04:33 PM   #45 
           - We really have to get this election back to the issues, though  OzarkDem   Mar-19-08 04:52 PM   #53 
     - Until she falls behind.  riverdeep   Mar-19-08 05:57 PM   #65 
  - I fully support women's rights  lob1   Mar-19-08 04:15 PM   #11 
  - Domestic violence  OzarkDem   Mar-19-08 04:25 PM   #30 
  - There is sexism in domestic violence programs, too.  Perragrande   Mar-19-08 06:16 PM   #70 
  - there are a lot of ways to kill people--learn the history. or, how about watching  niyad   Mar-19-08 04:28 PM   #36 
     - Since you watched that movie  gabeana   Mar-19-08 04:33 PM   #46 
  - why stop there?  dcindian   Mar-19-08 04:17 PM   #13 
  - Well is you substitute the word "black" with "lack of charcter integrity"...  PerfectSage   Mar-19-08 04:20 PM   #20 
  - There's one thing in this society that reinforces sexism: whining.  Vinca   Mar-19-08 04:20 PM   #21 
  - goddess forfend we should bring up the subject  niyad   Mar-19-08 04:21 PM   #24 
  - once again, for the completely clueless, this ISN"T ABOUT HILLARY. this is about  niyad   Mar-19-08 04:30 PM   #38 
  - Then aren't you in the wrong forum? GD would be more appropriate. nt  Vinca   Mar-19-08 04:56 PM   #55 
  - If someone posted the same thing about racism, people here would freak the fuck out  Lilith Velkor   Mar-19-08 05:36 PM   #61 
  - Could you be any more sexist? eom  Juniperx   Mar-19-08 06:01 PM   #67 
  - Thanks for pointing it out  OzarkDem   Mar-19-08 04:22 PM   #25 
  - Who's saying there is no sexism in our society?  Mooney   Mar-19-08 04:26 PM   #33 
  - gee, read some of the replies here. this is an ongoing argument on DU.  niyad   Mar-19-08 04:31 PM   #41 
     - The replies are not saying there is no sexism; but rather, they're challenging  Truth Hurts A Lot   Mar-19-08 05:59 PM   #66 
     - I see a lot of challenges to claims of sexism in this primary  Mooney   Mar-19-08 06:20 PM   #73 
  - Regardless of whether or not I agree with your conclusion...  BlooInBloo   Mar-19-08 04:31 PM   #42 
  - Who thinks there's no sexism in our society  alcibiades_mystery   Mar-19-08 04:32 PM   #43 
  - at least one person, apparently  spooky3   Mar-19-08 04:36 PM   #47 
  - Wow. One  alcibiades_mystery   Mar-19-08 07:12 PM   #74 
  - don't even try that little trick, because that isn't what is being said.  niyad   Mar-19-08 04:37 PM   #48 
  - Let's see how well your idea of replacing words works.  Exilednight   Mar-19-08 04:40 PM   #49 
  - When was the term "sexism" co-opted by women?  leftstreet   Mar-19-08 04:44 PM   #50 
  - LOL! Well done. n/t  sfexpat2000   Mar-19-08 05:13 PM   #56 
  - or jew, I agree...so how does that undercut what Obama says about race?  Sulawesi   Mar-19-08 04:47 PM   #51 
  - I tried - it doesn't make a lot of sense though:  stahbrett   Mar-19-08 04:51 PM   #52 
  - Although the argument you've provided makes no sense whatsoever, I plead guilty to having made  Mike03   Mar-19-08 04:54 PM   #54 
  - Ok, so what's your point?  pointsoflight   Mar-19-08 05:17 PM   #57 
  - Crap. I'm so tired of this. I'm a 58 yr old white women, an original feminist.  Diane R   Mar-19-08 05:26 PM   #58 
  - Bravo!!!!!!!  Forkboy   Mar-19-08 05:28 PM   #59 
  - Thank you, from a neighbor  Upton   Mar-19-08 05:37 PM   #62 
  - I am going to say the same thing I said to you in the other forum. THIS ISN'T ABOUT HILLARY  niyad   Mar-19-08 05:55 PM   #63 
  - Great post.  riverdeep   Mar-19-08 06:08 PM   #68 
  - Wrong site? Who on DU would insist that there is no sexism  Truth Hurts A Lot   Mar-19-08 05:57 PM   #64 
  - read some of the responses here, and on anyt other thread where sexism  niyad   Mar-19-08 06:10 PM   #69 
  - If you take any public comments by Hillary Clinton and substitute all  Old Crusoe   Mar-19-08 08:17 PM   #75 
 

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