Anybody see this article about white voters yesterday?

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by cutie_cat_4ever

Not meaning to hi-jack this thread...and these are just my own opinions:

In my opinion, Hillary's and McCain's platforms are quite similar one way or another, for example in immigration (which I strongly support securing the border, but granting pathway to legal citizenship) and energy (both are going green).

I agree with Hillary that Social Security should not be privatize, and tax credits to support health care to purchase cover.

The reason why prefer Hillary over Obama is because of Hillary's experience.

As I mentioned before, I am conservative, but I am concerned about pork barrel spending among republicans, and how are we going to pull out from the iraq war. But don't get me wrong, I support our troops. Support the troops is different than supporting the war. But that's a totally different topic itself.

Now with McCain choosing Palin as his running mate, regarding that she hasn't been "tainted" by the big boys, it makes me feel more confident in voting for the republicans this year again.

As I mentioned, this is my opinion and my stance only, so I wouldn't even bother debating, lol.

Ehhh too late.....LOL

Palin hasn't been tainted?


I duunnnnoooooo....cocooned?

YUP!

check out some of the Alaskan news site....they are real eye openers.

[cutie_cat_4ever]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Ehhh too late.....LOL

Palin hasn't been tainted?


I duunnnnoooooo....cocooned?

YUP!

check out some of the Alaskan news site....they are real eye openers.

Well, at least better than having your own VP candidate criticizing your attack ad:

http://embeds.blogs.foxnews.com/2008...k-ad-terrible/

[DaemonSeid]

(DS sez...and here is yet another opinion...)

White Privilege and the Election

I was really happy to see this article on white privilege and politics over at Alternet today. It seems that in the hub bub that is Palin and all her faux feminism, the media has all but forgotten the racial dynamics at play in this presidential election. An excerpt from the piece:


White privilege is when you can get pregnant at 17 like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because "every family has challenges," even as black and Latino families with similar "challenges" are regularly typified as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay.

I experienced this one first hand. Marvelyn and I submitted an op-ed about the ways in which her situation (unprotected sex leading to HIV infection) was similar to Bristol's (unprotected sex leading to unplanned pregnancy), the difference being that you can't slap a wedding ring on your finger and expect the nation to de-shame you if you're a young black woman with HIV. The op-ed editor, of a major, well respected newspaper, wrote back, "I'm sorry, but I fail to see the similarities here."

Yeah, because you fail to see white privilege. Unpack the knapsack people.


http://www.feministing.com/archives/011104.html

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

(DS sez...and here is yet another opinion...)

White Privilege and the Election

I was really happy to see this article on white privilege and politics over at Alternet today. It seems that in the hub bub that is Palin and all her faux feminism, the media has all but forgotten the racial dynamics at play in this presidential election. An excerpt from the piece:


White privilege is when you can get pregnant at 17 like Bristol Palin and everyone is quick to insist that your life and that of your family is a personal matter, and that no one has a right to judge you or your parents, because "every family has challenges," even as black and Latino families with similar "challenges" are regularly typified as irresponsible, pathological and arbiters of social decay.

I experienced this one first hand. Marvelyn and I submitted an op-ed about the ways in which her situation (unprotected sex leading to HIV infection) was similar to Bristol's (unprotected sex leading to unplanned pregnancy), the difference being that you can't slap a wedding ring on your finger and expect the nation to de-shame you if you're a young black woman with HIV. The op-ed editor, of a major, well respected newspaper, wrote back, "I'm sorry, but I fail to see the similarities here."

Yeah, because you fail to see white privilege. Unpack the knapsack people.


http://www.feministing.com/archives/011104.html

I never get tired of reading White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. Interesting that nearly 20 years after the piece was written, people are still denying that white privilege exists or are trying to divert attention by pointing to class privilege as if class privilege were not wholly dependent on the structure of white privilege.