POP QUIZ : What is wrong with Marie Cocco's "Misogyny I Won't Miss"?
"Bitch Is The New Black" squealed Tina Fey on SNL and this black feminist didn't find it at all funny. Actually, I thought the squeal had a tinge to white supremacy in it.
So now we have Marie Cocco at the Washington Post saying this :
Most of all, I will not miss the silence.
I will not miss the deafening, depressing silence of Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean or other leading Democrats, who to my knowledge (with the exception of Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland) haven't publicly uttered a word of outrage at the unrelenting, sex-based hate that has been hurled at a former first lady and two-term senator from New York. Among those holding their tongues are hundreds of Democrats for whom Clinton has campaigned and raised millions of dollars. Don Imus endured more public ire from the political class when he insulted the Rutgers University women's basketball team.
Would the silence prevail if Obama's likeness were put on a tap-dancing doll that was sold at airports? Would the media figures who dole out precious face time to these politicians be such pals if they'd compared Obama with a character in a blaxploitation film? And how would crude references to Obama's sex organs play?
Tell me why I or any black, brown or colored feminist would find this article not only offensive but dripping with white supremacy?
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Language | Mysogyny | Oppression Olympics | Prejudice | Racism | 2008 Presidential Elections
Why? Easy: You're looking
Submitted by Big Stupid Guy (not verified) on 16 May 2008 - 1:23pm.
Why? Easy: You're looking for racism. And when you're looking for something, you're bound to find it, even if it's not there.
Cocco's point--which I couldn't disagree with more (and that I'm actually defending this woman's b.s. here, my God, what does that say about YOUR silliness?)--was that no one would tolerate racial epithets hurled at Obama, so why should we tolerate misogynistic hatred of Hillary?
You are the reason racism still exists in this nation, lady: because you're looking for it, pick, pick, picking at the scab, inviting infection and further drama.
Get over yourself.
Sexism NOT Racism
Submitted by mhueter (not verified) on 24 May 2008 - 10:26am.
What I find interesting is how you read Cocco's article and immediately thought it was racist. It's like you see things through a pair of sunglasses that filter out the real meaning of the article.
The article is about SEXISM. And yes, African American women should be issed off. But not about race. They should be pissed off about what this article is disclosing - the sexist nature of the nomination.
Cocco pointed out race as an aspect of Obama that people identify as different - just as they point out that Clinton is a woman. There is no language here that points to anything but sexism, a problem that we have to SEE in order to realize.
As WOMEN (not just black women)... how can you not be disgustd at the "bros before hos" t-shirts, or the "nutt-cracker dolls?" Don't you see that as a step backward?
Don't you see that, as women, if we are not outraged by these items and those who are buying them and laughing at them, we will not be making any progress?
I'm so sick of the "race card." How about the "gender card"?
It's about TIME someone spoke up about it. And thank God the Washington Post editors have the integrity to publish this article.
a little love, a little hate
i'm all for discussing racism and sexism publicly, and really tackling the issues. but, at the same time, these primaries have really exposed the type of tunnel vision that mainstream media portrays as debate.
there's no room for the intersection of race, gender, sexual orientation, immigration status, etc, etc. it's just "look at this white woman, and look at this black man, and they're fighting it out to be president! let's ask them every single question we can think of that doesn't have any nuance!"
argh. it's time for the dems to settle this. this race is only eating up time, money, and the general public's attention span.