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Sharpton said Thomas' remarks could set a "dangerous social pattern" if he's not challenged because of Thomas' status as a role model.
elfeminista wrote:May Isaiah Thomas go to Woman-hater HELL and rot there.
The Man's World of Hyperactive Thyroid professional spectator sports and it's "feeder" schools. High school and College male sports are incubators for mysogyny.
I will bet you a dollar that none of the males here in g berg watch the Stupid-bowl.
axjxhx wrote:but, isn't sharpton standing up because he thinks it's just a race issue? do you really think he views this as standing up for women in general....or standing up for all the non-white identified women facing racist remarks? i ask this because i wonder what he was thinking when a white woman (nicole) was murdered by a black man (OJ). hm. i honestly don't know.
EFThere are plenty of black men out there who will rape and kill white Women *because* they are white Women. It is the same as the KKK doing it to black women.
bluecoat28 wrote:... african-american men have been scapegoated in this country as rapists of 'white' women. Men who identified with "white power" promoted the idea of african-american men as "lustful beasts" and "brutes" (that's what today's pornographers are doing with the "monster cock" & "black dicks/ white chicks" websites. Guys (no matter the color of their skin) must be held accountable for violence against women, but it's important that we understand the history of racism in this country (racism still thrives today, it's just more subtle sometimes). Also, we need to understand that it's difficult for women of color who have been abused by men of color to speak out, because they might be seen as a "traitor to the race". Race doesn't exist (biologically), but it is a powerful social construction.
As people become more educated about sexism, the fight against sexism and racism and homophobia will coalesce more.
bluecoat28 wrote:'Our position has nothing to do with whether the person using the language is black or white, rich or poor, friend or foe,' Sharpton said on Saturday, reiterating what he has been saying since the trial ended. '<b>We cannot have different standards for sexism or racism.</b>'"
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