- 29 May 2021 22:59
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That's exactly what she's assuming by saying that anti-discrimination law, circa 1989, amounted to opening the hatch to let those on top into the privilege floor. The symbolism of standing over somebody else is not missed either.
Obama is a great counterexample because it illustrates the limitations of the analogy. Kimberle Crenshaw herself would be another.
But tell me, do you really believe that the white trailer park boy will not have to deal with the same sort of mistreatment as an adult as the black female? That he won't be stopped by cops for example?
A position that was reached due to the 2008 election you mean.
The fact that being an Obama is what aids her should be already grounds to hold the theory suspect.
I'm not, it just hurts to roll my eyes constantly. But really, what would you prefer? To be a Black female US Senator or a white poor boy in the US countryside? I'd pick the former without a second thought.
Pants-of-dog wrote:No. You are assuming the positionality of the stacked people in the basement symbolizes the oppression they enact on each other. This ignores systemic racism and attributes solely to personal oppression, which is a common failing in your analyses.
That's exactly what she's assuming by saying that anti-discrimination law, circa 1989, amounted to opening the hatch to let those on top into the privilege floor. The symbolism of standing over somebody else is not missed either.
Pants-of-dog wrote:Obama deals with racism and sexism, the white kid does not.
The white kid deals with poverty, while Obama does not.
Obama has high levels of social capital, The kid does not.
And frankly, Obama is a bad example since she does not typify most black kids, and not even most rich black kids.
Obama is a great counterexample because it illustrates the limitations of the analogy. Kimberle Crenshaw herself would be another.
But tell me, do you really believe that the white trailer park boy will not have to deal with the same sort of mistreatment as an adult as the black female? That he won't be stopped by cops for example?
Pants-of-dog wrote:So we agree that it is the unique position of Obama that grants her privileges and it is not about her identity as a black woman, and therefore she is a bad example.
A position that was reached due to the 2008 election you mean.
The fact that being an Obama is what aids her should be already grounds to hold the theory suspect.
Pants-of-dog wrote:You seem to be getting angry.
All I said was that you misunderstood.
I'm not, it just hurts to roll my eyes constantly. But really, what would you prefer? To be a Black female US Senator or a white poor boy in the US countryside? I'd pick the former without a second thought.