Ohio Discussing Sexism and Racism in the Primaries

Nice article on how the two seem to be playing out. What's different and what's similar about them?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/15/kaye.ohioracegender/index.html


<"Most of the junior leaguers said they thought similar attacks on Barack Obama's race would spark more outrage. [br />
Why, then, does it appear this behavior toward Clinton is accepted?

Dr. Yvonne Scrubbs-Leftwich, a former president of Black Leadership Forum and now a professor at the National Labor College, suggests racial guilt may have something do with this behavior.

"There have been enough examples now of how misguided the earlier stereotypes and characterizations of African-Americans have been so that there has been in fact some overt adjustment to how African-Americans are addressed and are verbally considered in public."

At our tea party, voter Mabel Freeman told CNN: "In this country, as awful as sexism has been, people lost their lives for civil rights."]

about the two sexes. Doofus men who don't like to do housework, etc.

It's offensive.