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The Pettiness of the Angry White Male
The Pettiness of the Angry White Male
One of the more embarrassing statistics in American politics is that non-Hispanic white men make up an estimated 31 percent of the U.S. population but a whopping 64 percent of Congress. By contrast, people of color, in general, make up about 38 percent of Americans but only 20 percent of Congress.
cmclymer




The problem is not that there are not enough women in boardrooms. The problem is that there are too many boardrooms and not enough of them are on fire.
Hilary is not intersectional. I'm not saying Sanders is, but Hilary is a terrible choice. Even Sanders is not interested in the end of capitalist social relations. Were I American, whichever vote I would make would be for the lesser evil. So Sanders (ugh) vs Hilary, or Hilary (ugh) vs Trump.
Were I American, however, I would probably be in prison for sedition.
Writer of the article clearly thinks that Hilary is the only choice for progressive America (going so far as to say Bernie is misogynist), yet fails to mention the multiple times Hilary has said something derogatory towards men of color or the LGBT community. I hate Bernie bros as much as the next SRSter, but Hilary is by no means intersectional.
But that is actually not the point of the article at all, I suggest you read it again without getting all uptight over someone attacking Sanders. The point of the article stands no matter what Clinton's record is.
The point about women getting shut out of areas they are qualified for stands, but I think the author spent more time attacking Bernie & Trump than trying to make a point about society. Plus Hilary willingly declined taking part in any debate with Bernie. I'm sure there are better ways to explain to people the concept of the glass ceiling.
I'm male and usually listen instead of talking on gender issues but I have something to say on this (i could be wrong) but I think this is about more than gender.
The first female POTUS would be a landmark achievement, but beyond that I don't think Clinton brings much to the table. She back flips so much it's hard to pin down where she stands on anything, but it's pretty clear she would represent the establishment more than the people. The one key policy difference between Hillary and the two men in the race is that she is will continue to fund the war machine and interfere with other nations.
Also "non-hispanic white" is an interesting classification that ignores the fact that Sanders would be the first Jewish/non-christian president. That alone isn't reason enough to back him, but from a intersectional perspective I think has some diversity value.
Hillary opted out of a debate with sanders as she knows the more people see of her the less they like. It's a prudent move, but you can't argue sexism on her behalf here. It's a bad look to exclude her, but the reality is she excluded herself.