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Do you think USA is more racist or sexist?

prof_rockwellprof_rockwell 2,867 Posts
edited September 2008 in Strut Central
semi-Obama related, got into a discussion with the lady at work, and she thinks Obama will win because she thinks America would be more comfortable with a white male VP than a female VP. b,121b,121Which I then asked her the above question her answer was obviously 'sexist'. Keep in mind that she is white, middle-class and college educated. I couldn't call it because I am neither black/asian/latino nor a female, but I'm leaning towards more racist.

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  • shooteralishooterali 1,591 Posts
    BOTH equally
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  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    Scariest candidate for POTUS? A Black female.
  • DJ_NevilleCDJ_NevilleC 1,922 Posts
    Seems like we've become more xenophobic than anything especially since 9/11. People from Muslim countries in particular scare the shit out of most Americans.
  • ReynaldoReynaldo 6,054 Posts
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    font class="post"1b,121If we assume that every white person (~66% of the population) in the U.S. is racist, and that every male (~50% of the population) in the U.S. is sexist, than the racists have it by about 16%. Case closed.
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    b,121If we assume that every white person (~66% of the population) in the U.S. is racist, and that every male (~50% of the population) in the U.S. is sexist, than the racists have it by about 16%. Case closed.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Indeed. But if we assume 100% of people in the US are sexist and racist, it's a tie.
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    b,121If we assume that every white person (~66% of the population) in the U.S. is racist, and that every male (~50% of the population) in the U.S. is sexist, than the racists have it by about 16%. Case closed.
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    b,121Indeed. But if we assume 100% of people in the US are sexist and racist, it's a tie.
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    font class="post"1b,121I would call that a less fair assumption.
  • eliseelise 3,252 Posts
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    b,121If we assume that every white person (~66% of the population) in the U.S. is racist, and that every male (~50% of the population) in the U.S. is sexist, than the racists have it by about 16%. Case closed.
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    b,121Indeed. But if we assume 100% of people in the US are sexist and racist, it's a tie.
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  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
    Sexism - no contest.
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    b,121If we assume that every white person (~66% of the population) in the U.S. is racist, and that every male (~50% of the population) in the U.S. is sexist, than the racists have it by about 16%. Case closed.
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121I think there's something wrong with that math. Since theres significant crossover between racists and sexists, the percentages would be higher given the assumption that %100 of each sample is....b,121b,121Oh you were just joking, nevermind.
  • drewnicedrewnice 5,465 Posts
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121February 26, 1869/b1b,121Congress passes the Fifteenth Amendment giving African American men the equal right to vote. b,121b,121February 3, 1870/b1b,121The Fifteenth Amendment is ratified by the states, giving freed slaves and other African Americans the equal right to vote. b,121b,121August 26, 1920/b1b,121The Nineteenth Amendment, adopted by Congress on June 4, 1919, is finally ratified by the states and becomes national law, giving women the right to vote. b,121b,121b,121 a href="http://www.aclu.org/votingrights/gen/12999res20050304.html" target="_blank"1ACLU - Voting Rights Timeline/a1
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    February 26, 1869/b1b,121Congress passes the Fifteenth Amendment giving African American men the equal right to vote. b,121b,121February 3, 1870/b1b,121The Fifteenth Amendment is ratified by the states, giving freed slaves and other African Americans the equal right to vote. b,121b,121August 26, 1920/b1b,121The Nineteenth Amendment, adopted by Congress on June 4, 1919, is finally ratified by the states and becomes national law, giving women the right to vote. b,121b,121b,121 a href="http://www.aclu.org/votingrights/gen/12999res20050304.html" target="_blank"1ACLU - Voting Rights Timeline/a1 b,121b,121h,121
    font class="post"1b,121b,121Bigger than just voting rights, no?
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
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    February 26, 1869/b1b,121Congress passes the Fifteenth Amendment giving African American men the equal right to vote. b,121b,121February 3, 1870/b1b,121The Fifteenth Amendment is ratified by the states, giving freed slaves and other African Americans the equal right to vote. b,121b,121August 26, 1920/b1b,121The Nineteenth Amendment, adopted by Congress on June 4, 1919, is finally ratified by the states and becomes national law, giving women the right to vote. b,121b,121b,121 a href="http://www.aclu.org/votingrights/gen/12999res20050304.html" target="_blank"1ACLU - Voting Rights Timeline/a1 b,121b,121h,121
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    b,121Bigger than just voting rights, no?
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121That's whats im sayin, both permeate everything but the hatt against women is some real shit.
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    b,121If we assume that every white person (~66% of the population) in the U.S. is racist, and that every male (~50% of the population) in the U.S. is sexist, than the racists have it by about 16%. Case closed.
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    b,121Indeed. But if we assume 100% of people in the US are sexist and racist, it's a tie.
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    b,121I would call that a less fair assumption.
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  • DORDOR Two Ron Toe 9,903 Posts
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  • spelunkspelunk 3,400 Posts
    The point at which I realized just how sexist a country we live in was when I spent three weeks traveling by myself this summer, and heard repeatedly from female friends, "Wow, that's really cool but I don't think I could ever feel safe doing that."b,121b,121Beyond glass ceilings and voting rights, the immediate physical danger that women face on a daily basis in many places is huge, and yet doesn't even compare to what women go through in many other countries. Some of the stories I heard from a friend who just got back from Ghana are horrifying.
  • mannybolonemannybolone Los Angeles, CA 15,025 Posts
    By any quantifiable measure? Sexism. b,121b,121White women may have it better than Black men in some cases, but Black women? Latinas? b,121b,121People pay lip service to racial equality. Many could give a F*ck about gender equality in any real way and have no problems saying so.
  • drewnicedrewnice 5,465 Posts
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    b,121Bigger than just voting rights, no?
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    font class="post"1b,121b,121Yeah, that just stands out to me as a strong example of where racism/sexism came to a head.b,121b,121The contemporary enforcement of gender roles that occurs in nearly every culture in the States says a lot, too (when it comes to unfair treatment of women).
  • willie_fugalwillie_fugal 1,862 Posts
    Taking the Strut as a microcosm/indicative sample of the USA as a whole, the answer would be sexism BY MILES. Then again, we're clearly a more, eh, progressive bunch than the average sample of Americans, so it's not really a very representative sample. Sayin'.
  • edpowersedpowers 4,437 Posts
    Racist....not even close
  • batmonbatmon 27,574 Posts
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    b,121Racist....not even close
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  • UnconSciUnconSci 824 Posts
    Sexism DEFINITELY...
  • HairyBelafonteHairyBelafonte 1,202 Posts
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