The Hidden Race and Gender Factor in Presidential Campaigns
Millions of Democratic primary voters are casting aside the old idea of the American president as the embodiment of white patriarchal authority.
Millions of Democratic primary voters are casting aside the old idea of the American president as the embodiment of white patriarchal authority.
Shola Lynch | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics
As a black woman, race and gender are neither as complicated nor as "precious" a commodity as they are for non-black or non-female folks. I do not feel the need to base my voting decisions on either.
June Koch | Posted 02.21.2008 | Politics
In terms of historical importance, the election of a woman to the nation's highest political office would not remotely be comparable, domestically or internationally, to the election of an African-American.
Arlene M. Roberts | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics
In A Bound Man, Shelby Steel examines Sen. Obama's quest for higher office, making a distinction between Obama the man and Obama the symbol.
Raymond Leon Roker | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics
It's bittersweet to know that the most dynamic leader we could hope for, if elected, would likely be distracted with the global needs of the U.S. presidency and not some "Black agenda."
Anne-Marie Slaughter | Posted 02.12.2008 | Politics
Many white men in the South may be voting against Hillary more than they are voting for Obama.
Marie Wilson | Posted 02.06.2008 | Politics
When women have open disagreements, the press revs it up, exploiting the healthy ritual of debate as hostile, destructive, divisive. But we know better.
Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics
It has been very disturbing to witness the divisiveness and acrimony that has enveloped the feminist stratosphere this election.
Jennifer L. Pozner | Posted 02.05.2008 | Media
The Dems are left with only two contenders to choose from because corporate media rafted a narrative around Edwards as a non-viable also-ran from the get-go.
Penelope Trunk | Posted 02.04.2008 | Business
We can stop dividing things by men and women. I don't need to vote for Clinton to show that I support women. I support women by looking ahead to the next generation.
Derek Shearer | Posted 02.03.2008 | Politics
Kristol's concern for the Democratic Party is touching. Of course, it was just the boys having fun again at the expense of the first serious woman candidate for president.
John Seery | Posted 02.03.2008 | Politics
If the general election comes down to McCain vs. Obama, then the campaign becomes a national referendum on the war. The GOP will have to defend it at every turn.
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 01.24.2008 | Politics
The Democratic Party doesn't see itself for what it is -- a big tent party that alternates between pandering to non-whites and insulting them.
RJ Eskow | Posted 01.16.2008 | Politics
The entire Clinton team could suddenly have become accident-prone when it comes to racial statements. But there are books on subliminal messaging in politics and they have read them.
Vanessa Tyson | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics
Senator Clinton, who, for all intents and purposes, has been the front runner for the majority of 2007, does not fit well into Steinem's message.
Sally Kohn | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics
Steinem said that she sees racism and sexism as linked, but the piece ends up conveying something opposite.
Rebecca Walker | Posted 01.14.2008 | Politics
The idea that young women are too naive to realize the pervasiveness of sexism is an old Second Wave feminist trope used to dismiss and discredit an entire generation, many of whom now support Obama because he doesn't insult them.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics
An on-the-attack Obama who dogs Clinton at every step can create havoc in the Democratic Party and plunge it into an orgy of Clinton-Obama sniping, bashing, and finger pointing.
David Paul Kuhn | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics
Was racism part of how Republicans came to dominate four decades of presidential politics? Sure. Was racism the primary factor? No.
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Jackson Katz | Posted 02.26.2008 | Politics