Hillary and Obama: Race and Gender politics

The first woman or African American presidential hopefuls offer less than hope.

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[hueyot]

And you are a racist, you make vast (and ridiculous generalizations) in regards to whites and blacks. I will now attempt to spoonfeed you an example of how your reasoning is seriously flawed. You talk about white privilege, but of what meaning is this privilege to white people who grow up poor? What of white people who commit crimes and go to jail? Statistics do not translate to benefits for an entire group of people based on skin color. You are ridiculous.

[peacelf]

I taught in a predominately black urban school for 15 years. Instead of imposing my whiteness on them, I learned about their lives, culture, history until I understood why many blacks were angry at whites and refused to assimilate. Then my education took me further into sociology, critical theory and educational theory. I have studied political power and how it is maintained through our educational system. I have read marginalized texts from every oppressed group in the US and the world..

[peacelf]

And one thing is clear in all my studies: wealthy whites (probably not you directly) are responsible for atrocities, oppression, slavery, exploitation of poor peoples and their resources, genocide, and nameless other wrongs, so what am I supposed to think as the US illegally invades Iraq, steals their oil, kills hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians, all in the name of what? Economics? World Trade? Fighting terrorism? "The greatest purveyor of violence in the world is the US." MLK

[peacelf]

So, what?! Do I close my eyes? My heart? My truth, my sense of justice, fairness, belief in democracy? I am a racist. I believe in the human race, equality, peace and justice. You have not said one thing to make me believe that care about anyone but yourself. If a chlid is lying sick, starving in the street, would you stop and help?

What about the children you cannot see?

Since I started writing this one response, 15 children have died from poverty in the world, 1 every 3 seconds.

[SpicyHam]

u got fooled by blacks

[FreeMindSociety]

With that, i fear these new campaigns of a black president, versus the female president, are leading to something else of wich i have no idea what it might be.

I do think it has caused black populations and females in general, to feel more compelled to start voting, where another white male couldnt even reach out to them.

Based on the time that the media has granted each participant for presidency, i assume that Hillary is going to win this election.

Though i wonder, if it matters in the end?

[FreeMindSociety]

I am an Anarchist,.. as i resent to obey those who've placed themselves above the majority of people, to control and regulate many aspects of life.

I believe for a society to be free, we must dismmiss the pyramid of power wich stands as a model for authoritarian structures. I stand for social equality based on the circle that symbolises the cooperation of people regardless of social status or any status for that matter.

[peacelf]

In school, I was told I had poor reading comprehension, and was sent to special reading classes, even while I earned "A's" on my grade card. All the way to high school, the same, so that I didn't think abut college; instead took a factory job out of high school. 11 years later, tired of dead end jobs, I went to college, earned a BA in English--I can't read remember. Yes, it is about class, but because I was white, it was easier. That's not guilt, that's anger at a system that fails millions

[hueyot]

You really are a piece of work! I never implied that any "race" is more or less intelligent than any other "race". The entire concept of race is ridiculous, anyways. It also seems to be a concept you are obsessed with. That being said, there is a bell curve of intelligence (just like most other variables of people like height, lifespan, etc), but it isn't based on race, rather just the entire population. That being said, there is a strong realtionship between intelligence and genetics.