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January 19, 2008
"Oprah is a traitor"
That's what an angry core of feminist activists is saying about Oprah Winfrey: AMERICA'S favourite television presenter is paying a painful price for her intervention in the US presidential campaign last month. Oprah Winfrey has been dubbed a "traitor" by some of her female fans for supporting Barack Obama instead of Hillary Clinton.When in the course of identity politics events it becomes necesary for.. Oh never mind. Here's how an anonymous commenter started the "treason" charge: In the original post, a reader called austaz68 said she "cannot believe that women all over this country are not up in arms over Oprah's backing of Obama. For the first time in history we actually have a shot at putting a woman in the White House and Oprah backs the black MAN. She's choosing her race over her gender."If you think that's bad, read Ishmael Reed's analysis on the historical tension between the feminist movement and the movement for racial equality. Having been educated at elite schools where studying The War of the Roses was more important than studying Reconstruction, the under educated white male punditry and their token white women, failed to detect the racial code phrases that both Clintons and their surrogates sent out- codes that, judging from their responses, infuriated blacks caught immediately. Blacks have been deciphering these hidden messages for four hundred years. They had to, in order to survive.Read it all. (Trust me, it gets worse. And it gets into feminist history.) posted by Eric on 01.19.08 at 09:55 PM |
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