2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumWhat Killer Mike Actually said: Quoting feminist and activist Jane Elliott
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Which I think everyone should agree with. Even Clinton supporters. Policies should matter most.
just the facts here.
I thought I'd add who Jane Elliot is just in case someone wants to say "what does she know"
Jane Elliott (born May 27, 1933, in Riceville, Iowa) is an American former third-grade schoolteacher, anti-racism activist, and educator, as well as a feminist and LGBT activist. She is known for her "Blue eyesBrown eyes" exercise. She first conducted her famous exercise for her class the day after Martin Luther King, Jr. was shot. When her local newspaper published compositions that the children wrote about the experience, the reactions (both positive and negative) formed the basis for her career as a public speaker against discrimination. Elliott's classroom exercise was filmed the third time she held it with her 1970 third-graders to become Eye of the Storm. This in turn inspired a retrospective that reunited the 1970 class members with their teacher fifteen years later in A Class Divided. After leaving her school, Elliott became a diversity trainer full-time and has been on both The Oprah Winfrey Show and The Ellen DeGeneres Show. She still holds the exercise and gives lectures about its effects all over the U.S. and in several locations overseas.

beam me up scottie
(57,349 posts)Rec for the truth!
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)course Bernie is a Feminist, don't necessarily need to be female to be one
PonyUp
(1,680 posts)Uncle Joe
(60,615 posts)Thanks for the thread, Nanjeanne.
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Nanjeanne
(5,573 posts)She also said you have to have policies. Ain't that the truth.
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)
phleshdef
(11,936 posts)You aren't scoring any points by pretending that he walked anything back. You might make yourself feel better but you aren't convincing anyone else.
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George II
(67,782 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,562 posts)Very cool woman.
emmadoggy
(2,142 posts)She taught 3rd grade for many years, though I didn't have her at that time. I later had her for Jr. High Literature class. A cousin of mine was in the original "Blue eyes/Brown eyes" group. She is not someone you ever forget.
WillyT
(72,631 posts)
zentrum
(9,866 posts)LovingA2andMI
(7,006 posts)I.E. Hillary Clinton -- and less on what Killer Mike said about a organ nearly every Woman has...it would make the most sense.
However, the Clinton Campaign is making less and less sense by the minute....
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)it was an embarrassment. He lost a lot of respect among african-americans i know.
George II
(67,782 posts)noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)there seem to be a lot of you these days.
George II
(67,782 posts)noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)yes...it is offensive. and a big complaint from black clinton supporters about bernie sanders supporters.
AzDar
(14,023 posts)


mariawr
(348 posts)Flogging this dead horse of story today.
MisterP
(23,730 posts)(no wonder most of what she and Valenti say about men applies to *AA* men)
Luminous Animal
(27,310 posts)"I think the reaction is because a man said what I said. If a woman had made that statement there would have been no problem, but because a man said it, it becomes a sexist statement. It's a ridiculous thing to be upset about," Elliott told The Huffington Post. "It should be a fact of life that neither gender nor skin color should determine whether you are appropriate for leadership of the government of the United States of America."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/killer-mike-sexism_us_56c48340e4b0b40245c881be
Nanjeanne
(5,573 posts)Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)I have FB feminist friends who are quite upset with Killer Mike and by extension Bernie Sanders.
LWolf
(46,179 posts)I'm sure we all want honesty and integrity from the media and from campaign talking points.
I agree with Jane Elliott.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)The attempted slur toward Killer Mike was so slimy. Now Ms. Elliot's words will get even more attention. Love how it backfires like that.