--- Charles Brown <charlesb at cncl.ci.detroit.mi.us> wrote:
>
>
> >>> Wojtek Sokolowski
> Obama - sez Nicolas Kristof of NYT. Why? - cuz
> sexism
> is stronger than racism in the US of A.
>
> ^^^^^
>
> CB: How could that be when women are the majority of
> voters and Black
> people are a small minority of voters , about 10 % ?
> There are five
> times more women than Black people .
>
[WS:] I think Kristof argues that statistically speaking, US voters (regardless of thier socio-demographic status) are more likely to be prejudiced against women than blacks in the position of power. I think there is a kernel of truth in it, albeit it probably varies from one group to another. My conjecture is that evangelicals, lower middle / working class (construction workers, truck drivers, small business owners etc.) would be more prejudiced against a female than a black candidate, because of noticeable patriarchal tendencies in these groups. I also think that Obama would receive a far less enthusiastic support from Blacks if he were a black female. But again, these are just my conjectures.
Wojtek
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