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apocalypsosFrom CNN: Gender or race: Black women voters face tough choices in South Carolina
Okay, the article itself is ignorant. Go read it. The writer manages to support a story about, "Oh, whoever will they vote for, the black man or the woman? Tough decision!", with quotes that make it abundantly clear that the women in question are discussing the issues like normal intelligent voters, not trying to decide between gender or race.
But the best is that this story quickly followed: CNN readers respond angrily to 'race or gender' story
Basically, within minutes they were inundated with emails saying the story was bullshit. The best was this response, which basically summed up what I was thinking as I read it: "The article itself shows black women have brains and actually choose candidates based on issues and not just gender or race, but CNN doesn't seem to give them that credit." Amen.
Okay, the article itself is ignorant. Go read it. The writer manages to support a story about, "Oh, whoever will they vote for, the black man or the woman? Tough decision!", with quotes that make it abundantly clear that the women in question are discussing the issues like normal intelligent voters, not trying to decide between gender or race.
But the best is that this story quickly followed: CNN readers respond angrily to 'race or gender' story
Basically, within minutes they were inundated with emails saying the story was bullshit. The best was this response, which basically summed up what I was thinking as I read it: "The article itself shows black women have brains and actually choose candidates based on issues and not just gender or race, but CNN doesn't seem to give them that credit." Amen.
