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> Please bear with me as I draw an analogy using history. In 1865 the U.S. government abolished slavery. [...], and it wasn't until 2008 that we elected our fir

by Dewie 13y ago

> Please bear with me as I draw an analogy using history. In 1865 the U.S. government abolished slavery. [...], and it wasn't until 2008 that we elected our first African American president. Doing the math it took 143 years before African American were supposedly on equal political footing! By this logic, I guess white women are (politically) disadvantaged compared to black (men) today?

frenchy 13y ago
Would you challenge that? I'm a bit out of my league here, but it seems like there are proportionally more black men in politics than white women. ("Disadvantaged" is a poor word for these stats; however, because it implies that white women are interested in being in politics, but these stats don't confirm/deny that.)
- Dewie 13y ago
  > Would you challenge that? It was a question.