hippie (saren) (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} pencap_rebel) wrote,@ 2008-09-12 12:45:00 |
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| Current mood: |  annoyed |
| Entry tags: | gender, politics, race |
of views and politics.
Honestly, i was one of the womyn that was worried about the response to McCain's announcement to invite Palin to be his running mate. Both of the conventions had failed to outline any strategies for the issues i was worried about--health care, immigration, preserving choices--but the swing and shift of polls had me cynical.
Nonetheless, i was tired of hearing about it. I wanted the discussion to get past the gender obsession, expected roles, and limited focus. I was tired most of hearing what i perceived as sanctimonious incongruities. I was tired of hearing Sarah Palin say to belittle Obama, "[This] isn't a symbolic position," but seeing many continue to revel in 'breaking the glass ceiling' in their political parties.
I was forwarded an article published by Women's e-News today, and, although i still feel burnt out by this year's election and cannot see myself feeling confident in voting for either one of the candidates that are being shoved in our faces, i wanted to share it. The first portion's author claims that gender identity politics doesn't work for women of color.
On the issues, she might as well be George W. Bush as I can not tell the difference between the two. Although Palin has not spoken publicly about her positions on immigration, affirmative action, job and housing discrimination, school re-segregation, police-minority community relations and racial disparities in the criminal justice system, we know where her party stands on these important issues...
Perhaps the McCain camp isn't talking to African American and Latina women when they say Palin is the average American mom and woman. If they are, they have a lot of explaining to do."
The entire article can be found at http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/d
But, i'm still left wondering why Biden isn't getting attention/scrutiny/worry like this? After all, he was the one who said regarding "his" drafting of the Violence Against Women act, "[Feminists] were more concerned about the choice and gender issues. While others talked, I got it done." Sounds mighty like he thinks he can do things for womyn (and so many others) better than womyn can do it for themselves to me (and he apparently knows which issues are actually important *sarcasitic smirk*); and although i'm thankful for some of the legislation he has promoted, the ideals and self-parading behind it severely irritate me. Furthermore, it seems to me that Obama chose Biden for his appeal to older white men, whom Obama knew he was having trouble attracting. But who talks about that?
Bagh! I'm burned out again.
