Since the Obama candidacy and subsequent election, rhetoric of misogynistic or racist preferential treatment of Black men over White women has gone ^. This is a falsehood spread by embittered people who are upset that because Obama is the president-elect, their dreams of McCain winning, then subsequently becoming incapacitated thereby making Sarah Palin the first woman Prez, did not occur. There are too many misinformed people out here. Even comedian Carlos Mencia used the line that a Black man should be first as potus because “Black men were allowed to vote before White women”. Now that the voters have decided, I’d say that this poison is being further spread early in preparation for Palin 2012. Google “Voting Rights Act of 1965″ to help you learn the truth.http://www.fairvote.org/vra/vra.htmhttp://www.usdoj.gov/crt/voting/intro/in…http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_Righ…http://www.votingrightsact.org/
“The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a significant piece of legislation that guarantees the right to vote to African American citizens. This legislative act prevented states (mainly southern) from enforcing discriminatory tactics aimed at preventing African Americans fair opportunities to participate in the voting process. As a result of the Act, the national government intervened in areas where African Americans were denied the right to vote.”
‘There is a myth that Black men were given voting rights along with other privileges before White women. This is only half true. African-American groups were aligned with women’s suffrage organizatiions during that era. Black men were given voting rights under the 15th Amendment (1870) but still encountered racial intimidation, poll taxes, and literacy tests. Blacks did not fully realize these rights until ninety-five years later in the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted White women’s voting rights in 1920.’
Don’t be fooled by your perception that Black men or Blacks have it so damn good in America. In a study of U.S. born California workers,
“Hispanic and black workers earn lower wages.
In recent years, Hispanic workers earned less than 60 cents for every dollar earned by white workers (among full-time workers). Among U.S.-born workers, Hispanic men earned 81 cents, and black men earned 74 cents, per dollar earned by white men. U.S.-born Hispanic women earned 79 cents, and black women earned 86 cents, per dollar earned by white women. U.S.-born Asians tend to earn higher wages than whites; relative wages were $1.04 for men and $1.15 for women.”
The perception that Blacks have it so good is partly based on “antonymous limitation”:
” You will notice in America, the most diverse nation in the world, that in issues of race: the public generally tends to focus on Black and White. Why is that? There are multiple reasons for this. I call this antonymous limitation or narrow-sighted dipolarism interchangeably. “Antonymous” is to say that an issue is handled solely on the basis of pairing opposites or extremes. If you were to say: “I don’t care if you’re fat or skinny, tall or short, boy or girl, conservative or liberal…”, such phraseology is antonymous. Antonymous limitation is the reason why a White kid may be teased for being a hip-hop junkie, but not for being a Sinophile.”
“The status quo of White establishment is the yardstick for measuring enfranchisement of nonwhite minorities. Likewise, achievements of racial progress are oftentimes measured by Black American firsts. This sounds good in theory but misleading in practice because it may ignore peoples who are neither Black nor White. All peoples have successes and sorrows but American White status quo is the model.”
Why Are Uneducated Ppl Still Claiming That Black Men Are Given Preference Over White Women?
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Black men were given the right to vote first with the 15th amendment and white women were finally given the right to vote with the 19th amendment. Not to say that black men are always treated better than white women (this is obviously not true), but you have to realize and accept that overt sexism is still very real, and even more acceptable than overt racism. In this years past primary election, the media was careful to not imply racist attitudes, but when it came to Hilary Clinton, the sexist remarks were plentiful and seen as not that big of a deal. I am not saying that black men are treated better than white women, but you have to see that in a greater world perspective women are still seen very much as second-class citizens. Women still receive lower wages, are sexually harrassed in the work place, and are subjected to stereotypes as well. I am black, so I feel I can see both persepctives on this issue. I see what you are saying but maybe try to see it from another perspective as well.
Historically, black men break through the barriers of prejudice before white women. Go on and on about Palin, who will be president in 2012 or 2016, this was proven out in the Democratic primaries when Barak defeat Hillary Clinton. Obviously white women were first to be given voting rights, but in practice, in the business and political world, black men achieve milestones before white women.
Palin in 2012, because the economics of failure will have to end. Who the hell raises taxes when the economy is on life support? JImmy Carter did and we all know what happened. Taxing business in a time of recession is like using leaches to treat an anemic patient. We’ll need to end Obama-nomics in 2012 and vote Palin in on a pro-economy platform of growth and opportunity. History repeats itself.