How does one go about proving she isn’t a racist? Let’s face it, the old “some of my best friends are black” argument is so cliche it’s laughable, even if absolutely true.
Think hard….how would YOU prove you aren’t racist? See what I mean?
The charge of racism works so well because it’s almost impossible to dispute. And the Obama supporters know it, and yes, even the Obama campaign knows it. They get to set the bar and the bar they have chosen is a vote for Obama.
Many Obama supporters made the statement that they weren’t sexist and they would vote for a woman, just not THIS woman. I guess I can say I would vote for (and have voted for) a black man, just not THIS black man but somehow that’s just not acceptable.
To be fair (and I try to be on occasion) the charge of sexist is pretty impossible to disprove as well, but there is a difference in a Hillary Clinton supporter charging sexism and an Obama supporter charging racism. You see, Obama wasn’t called the N word while Hillary was called a bitch (and much worse). Nobody yelled out to Obama “shine my shoes” but someone did yell at Clinton “iron my shirt” (and the media talking heads laughed.) Even when someone mentioned Obama’s past drug use the racist charge came out although Obama talked about it in his book. But anything from Hillary’s past was fair game. Racism is unacceptable, sexism is.
But I’m almost glad for the sexist remarks. Weird, I know, but at least it woke us up to just how much misogyny is still ingrained in the American psyche. You can’t fight what you don’t see.
The charge of racism has been flung around a lot over the course of the Democratic Primary and we’ll probably hear more of it as the General Election draws near….it works and it taps into a guilt that many people will jump through hoops to try and dispel. I’m just not one of those people.
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