The difference between Sexism and Racism...
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Hiallry Clinton, Geraldine Ferraro, Katie Couric, Joe Scarboro, Pat Buchannon, Carly Fiorino, and others were pushing the idea that Hillary and now Palin were/are the victims of rampant sexism. The subject is fair game for discussion and debate, and may be raised in response to nearly any stimuli. When Governor Palin was first parodied on Saturday Night Live, even though the parody depicted both she and Senator Clinton, Fiorino went on MSNBC and declared the sketch "basically sexist".
But when election workers are reporting that across the country whites are struggling with the issue of race, and when McCain Palin were overtly using a campaign strategy to paint Obama as "not one of us", one Black man, john Lewis, makes a comment that links it to racism and EVERYONE of the aforementioned (with the exception of HRC who hasn't discussed it) has felt compelled to dismiss even the notion. Obama had to distance himself from the very suggestion of racism on the part of others because if he hadn't he would've experienced a backlash.
THAT is the difference between Sexism and Racism. People who discuss allegations of Sexism are furthering the national dialogue. African Americans who discuss racism are summarily dismissed as whiners and their complaints are deemed to be overblown.
