It is Official Gloria Steinem Is A Racist Bigot And A Misandrist

Feminist scholar Gloria Steinem’s racist and misandrist opinion piece she wrote on January 8th 2008 for the New York Times speaks volumes about the kind of person she is. I want to vomit right on Gloria Steinem’s face. Steinem makes the inaccurate racist and sexist argument that black men have it easier in society than all women. Steinem states that gender is a more destructive form of discrimination then race.

Steinem refuses to acknowledge her analysis is not only flawed it is also racist and misandrist. White women have social power in the United States due to being white. It is easy for a rich, white,heterosexual, American, feminist such as Gloria Steinem to ignore the social, economic, and political realities of racism. I wish Steinem and I can trade places and she will see how hard black men have it in this racist and sexist anti black male society.

It is obvious that Gloria Steinem doesn’t live in the real world she lives in some delusional alternative universe. Steinem states that black men got the vote before all women in the United States. It is true, that black men were able to vote before women in America. However, Steinem argument is deleterious because she ignores the fact black men we encounter racism and gender discrimination because we are black and male. Steinem’s tactic is to create tension in the black community. Steniem wants black women to support Hillary Clinton but Hillary Clinton is no sister to black women that’s for sure. When are white feminists going to acknowledge the friction between black women and white women? Just because black men are male, we absolutely do not have more privilege in society than white women.

However, black men are discriminated in many ways in the United States after receiving the right to vote due to gender and race. Black men encounter racism and sexism in terms of employment discrimination, police brutality, racism in the judicial system, housing, access to quality health care, and education. Black men we have been murdered and brutalized just for being black and male for centuries.

Steinem of course ignores the racism of the suffrage movement against black women and other women of colour because this would weaken her argument. White feminists such as Gloria Steinem obviously don’t get it. Black feminists and other feminists of colour have argued for decades that race, gender, sexuality, and class, are inextricably linked. We cannot divorce ourselves and choose one over the other it simply doesn’t work. Black people and other people of colour we encounter discrimination on many different levels.

Steinem is playing the typical game white liberals play very well and it is called the divide and conquer strategy. White liberals such as Hillary Clinton and Bill Clinton, along with Gloria Steinem know Barack Obama is a serious threat. Steinem attempts to frame the argument of placing race against gender. The Clintons are using Steinem to acquire more black female votes and trying to create division in the black race.

Black feminists organizations such as the Combahee River Collective have spoken out against the pathetic racist game that some white feminists have played for decades. The Combahee River Collective have stated in their work that black women cannot divorce themselves from the black race. Another black feminist Audre Lorde wrote about the fallacy of the “global sisterhood” in her groundbreaking book “Sister Outsider”. Lorde wrote about the fact some white feminists only want to exploit and use black people and black women when it serves their racist self interests.

Hillary Clinton wants as much support and votes as possible. Since Steinem is considered one of the leaders of the mainstream white female feminist movement, the Clintons are using Steinem to attempt to split the black vote along gender lines. What has the mainstream feminist movement ever done for black women other then to marginalize and patronize black women? It is the reason black feminism was created because black women and people that are black feminists understand mainstream white feminism doesn’t work for us. What has Hillary Clinton ever done for black females? As Janet Jackson said in her hit 1986 song “what have you done for me lately?”

Some white feminists concentrate only on gender discrimination since they have white skin privilege. Some white women refuse to acknowledge the fact that men of colour we also encounter incredible amount of oppression in society due to race and gender. People of colour we have to deal with multiple forms of oppression. We cannot ignore gender but must also not ignore race as well.

Steinem of course ignores the power of white skin privilege because this is what so called white liberal feminists such as Steinem do very well. Steinem wants black women to support Hillary Clinton because she is female. If some black females want to vote for Hillary Clinton this is their choice. However, my argument is Steinem is trying to create a gender battle between black men and black women. Steinem’s perspective is women regardless of race should support Hillary Clinton due to gender. My question is why? What about Hillary Clinton’s politics? Clinton is a classic centralist and a flip flopper. Clinton supported the war in Iraq.

There is also a history of racism in the mainstream feminist movement against blacks. Steinem like some white liberal feminists ignore the incredible amount of racial discrimination in society against black people. Some white feminists also like to ignore the fact they contribute to racism against black people. Gloria Steinem’s essay in the New York Times is a perfect example of exploiting the public sphere to spread her anti black male bigotry. Feminists of colour for decades have written and spoken up about the hypocrisy and racism of the mainstream feminist movement.

Although Hillary Clinton is a female she is still white and a part of the white American majority. Senator Clinton still has the power of white skin privilege to assist her and help her. Gloria Steinem fails too acknowledge this fact. Last time I checked the majority of the American population are white Americans. Whiteness has a lot of currency in the United States and to ignore the social and political power of whiteness is to ignore the power of race and racism.

Steinem knows that some black women will be voting for Senator Obama and not all black women or black people will be voting for Senator Clinton. Steinem can support Hillary Clinton if she wants to that’s her choice. However, I resent the racist subversive message Steinem is saying that black men got it easier then white women in society. I find Steinem’s analysis is full of bigotry and prejudice.

Why doesn’t Gloria Steinem complain about white female celebrities such as Barbra Streisand supporting Hillary Clinton? Why doesn’t Steinem focus on the NOW Organization? There are plenty of white women in the United States that are going to support Hillary Clinton just because she is a white female. Why doesn’t Steinem focus on this side of the argument? The so called white liberals in the United States have a fear of Senator Obama but that’s their problem and not his. I also question why black Americans would even bother supporting Hillary Clinton in the first place? What the hell has Hillary Clinton done for black people? Black Americans and other people of colour in the United States are in a unique position their votes can actually influence this election. I suggest black people and other people of colour pay close attention to the dirty politics of Hillary Clinton and her supporters.

Next, Hillary and Bill Clinton have the old black civil rights guard trying to tear down Senator Obama. Once again the divide and conquer strategy the Clintons and their supporters are attempting to use again this time in blackface. I believe the old black civil rights guard time has passed. There is a new black generation that wants change . Just because Andrew Young and the old black civil rights guard are also black people doesn’t mean other black people have to agree with them. We agree to disagree I don’t trust the Clintons. The Clintons are ignorant about the concerns of the younger black generation and Senator Obama is indeed cognizant of the issues young blacks are worried about. Young black people aren’t going to worry about the old goats such as Andrew Young. The Clintons have the old black civil rights leaders doing their dirty work for them. Andrew Young and the other culprits have made bullshit statements that the Clintons are more black then Obama. Give me a break.

Some white feminists also have the racist and sexist attitude that only women encounter discrimination due to gender. White women benefit from affirmative action more then black males. Black men we encounter so much racism and sexism in society and that’s a fact.

The United States also has a history of anti black male racism and sexism. Black men have been lynched in the American South for decades prior to the civil rights movement. Black men we still encounter racism and sexism in the year 2008. We must not ignore history. The racist American Jim Crow system created proscriptions to demonize, humiliate, and emasculate, black men and black male sexuality. Thousands of innocent black men were brutally murdered for just being black and male. Next, racist police officers and the racist anti black judicial system also has incarcerated innocent black men. Why doesn’t Gloria Steinem discuss this issue?

White female sexuality for centuries since the days of slavery has been placed on a pedestal as being pristine and true womanhood. Interracial relationships between white women and black men are still considered taboo in North America. Thousands of black men were unfairly discriminated against accused of daring to look at or talk to white women and were lynched. The racism and sexism against black men continues. Black male sexuality is still a taboo in society.

Does anyone remember Emmett Till? Emmett Till was a young black teenager in the year 1955 was accused of whistling at a white woman. Black men have had to live for decades in fear of being murdered for false allegations of daring to speak at, talk to, or even look at a white woman. Next, racist white men dragged Emmett Till out of his mother’s house and he was brutally and savagely killed. I wonder if Gloria Steinem thinks Emmett Till had it easier in society due to being black and male? There is also a history of white Americans gathering at the lynchings of thousands of black men as though it was a festive party and a form of entertainment.

Fast forward to the year 2006 Michael Sandy a young black gay man was lured online by four white men for a sexual encounter. Sandy did not know he was going to be attacked due to being black and male. Sandy was savagely beaten by the four young white men and as Sandy ran for his life he was struck by a car and he died five days later. Where was the mainstream American media when Michael Sandy died? Why wasn’t Sandy discussed on ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC? Why was the mainstream silent?

Why didn’t anyone care? When the white gay male Matthew Shepard died ten years ago it was front page news. When Michael Sandy died in October 2006 his death was considered an afterthought and irrelevant due to the fact he was black and male. The white gay press ignored Sandy’s death it was proof of the intersection of violence against black men and that race, gender, and sexuality affects black males. The blood of a black person is considered inferior to the blood of a white person in North America. Oops I forgot Sandy was a young gay black man. The mainstream USA press and white American gay media outlets were apathetic to Sandy’s death. If Sandy was white they would care but because Sandy was black they ignored his death.

The word sexism is not a female only domain and some feminists act as though they also cannot be racist and sexist. Black men we have also been discriminated against in terms of our gender. Black men we also encounter sexism in society that is misandrist and anti black male. Some feminists act as though just because black men are males we have it so much easier then women and this is total illogical argument. I guess that’s the reason why millions of black men encounter violence from the police force in major and small North American cities. I also guess the reason there is a disproportionate amount of racism in the judicial system against black men that we don’t face sexism either.

Steinem is a typical white feminist racist bigot. Steinem says Barack Obama doesn’t have the political experience to be the President of the United States. Why doesn’t Steinem just be honest she doesn’t want a black man to challenge Hillary Clinton. Some white feminists use the code of “experience” to conceal their racist anti black male prejudices. What experience does Hillary Clinton have other then being Bill Clinton’s sidekick?

When will it ever be right for Senator Obama to run for the United States presidency? Should Senator Obama wait two, five, ten, or twenty years to run? When will it ever be the right time? For some white liberals and feminists such as Gloria Steinem the real honest answer is never. Some white Democrats resent Senator Obama because he actually is acquiring a lot of support and they believe he is taking away votes from Clinton.

The Democratic party also has racist bigots that don’t mind black people being “behind” whites but don’t want “blacks” in leadership roles. Black people are tired of being in the back row and want to engage in the political process. The Clintons racist tactics proves they are no friends of the black community. Steinem, The Clintons, and their supporters are trying to do everything in their power to destroy Senator Obama.

Next time Gloria Steinem wants to discuss and compare the discrimination white women and black men encounter perhaps she should look at all sides of the argument. The divide and conquer strategy white liberals such as Steinem are attempting to play will not work this time.

Link to Combahee River Collective Statement: http://www.buffalostate.edu/orgs/rspms/combahee.html

Link about Emmett Till death: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till

Link about Michael Sandy’s brutal death: http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/crime/20061024/4/2007

NPR Link about Michael Sandy Violent Death: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6367593

Ana Ivanovic Is Overrated Still Not A Champion

I watched the Australian Open women’s final and Maria Sharapova played well. I cringed when the ESPN commentator Dick Enberg got all horny about Ivanovic and Sharapova’s so called “appearances.” Yes, this dirty old man Dick Enberg doesn’t view women tennis players as athletes just objects for his sexual gratification and masturbation fantasies. I guess in the western culture Maria Sharapova is considered attractive I disagree. I think Ana Ivanovic is clearly more beautiful then Sharapova. When I think about it why does the media place so much emphasis on Maria Sharapova and Ana Ivanovic’s looks? People on the internet called the final “the battle of the beauties”. Can’t women tennis players just be professional athletes? Why the emphasis on physical appearance? When Roger Federer or Andy Roddick plays tennis matches nobody makes a big deal about their looks so why are women tennis players treated differently?

Aren’t Sharapova and Ivanovic athletes? Or are women supposed to be beautiful while they are sweating on a tennis court and never sweat? Naomi Wolf wrote in her book “The Beauty Myth” over eighteen years ago that women are judged based on appearance in society first. Next,other characteristics such as intelligence, personality are considered secondary. I do think it was kind of sexist of Dick Enberg to go over on and on about how pretty Sharapova and Ivanovic are. I also was tired of the ESPN commentators repeating the same story about Ana Ivanovic’s tough childhood in Belgrade Serbia. We have all heard the story ten million times. Why can’t the commentators concentrate on the tennis and be quiet between the points? The BBC tennis commentators and the Tennis Channel tennis commentators are much more professional then ESPN television that’s for sure.

However, Ivanovic started to connect with the ball when she down 4-2 in the first set won the next three games to get it to 5-4 0-30 on Sharapova’s serve. Next, Ivanovic choked and the match was over. Sharapova swept right past Ivanovic winning the match.

The second set was easy Maria won the match 7-5 6-3. I was impressed with Maria Sharapova’s serve and nerve despite getting a bit tight losing the 4-2 lead in the first set. Maria fought back hard. In the second set Sharapova served well and Ivanovic just didn’t have a plan B. I was disappointed in Ivanovic she didn’t have the conviction and she choked under the pressure. Also, I can see Ivanovic has game but she needs to add more variety to her game why did she continue to slug it out with Sharapova when her forehand was off? Ivanovic has skills but she needs to get tougher mentally or else she’s not going to reach the top of the women’s game.

One of my complaints about tennis is there is too much ball bashing and not enough thought process in constructing points. Why didn’t Ana use some slice backhands low to Sharapova’s forehand or backhand? Why didn’t Ana moon ball Sharapova a bit? Change the pace? Sharapova won the match fair and square. I am no fan of Maria but she did an excellent job winning all seven matches at the Australian Open and destroying Lindsay Davenport and Justine Henin easily.

Maria Sharapova is for real nobody can say she’s not anymore. Maria is a multiple slam champion she has now won three out of the four grand slams. Maria is only twenty and she already has three grand slam singles titles. Unlike former “glamour girls” such as Gabriela Sabatini or Anna Kournikova they just didn’t have the mental toughness or the drive that Maria Sharapova has. Maria wants to be a champion and now she has elevated herself to the next level. I can see Maria Sharapova winning more grand slams. I don’t understand the WTA computer though. According to the WTA Ana Ivanovic is going to be number two in the world next week. In my mind, the four elite players on the WTA are the Williams Sisters, Justine Henin, and Maria Sharapova they are the ones winning the slams.

The Serbs Jelena Jankovic and Ana Ivanovic are solid players but I still do not consider either Serbian women as real grand slam contenders yet. Jankovic shocked Serena Williams in the quarterfinals and then played poorly against Sharapova in the semifinals. It looks like Jankovic can’t seem to get past a grand slam semifinal. Ivanovic played better in the Australian Open final compared to the 2007 French Open final against Justine Henin. However, where is the mental toughness from Ana Ivanovic? I just am not impressed with her mental frailty at the moment.

I know Ivanovic will become a champion but I am tired of the media hyping up players that have not had the breakthrough. Maria Sharapova is the only young female tennis player that is a multiple grand slam champion. Jelena Jankovic, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Ana Ivanovic, have all failed to deliver. The WTA rankings may say Jankovic is number four next week and Kuzentsova will be ranked number three. In my mind I know the elite tennis players are simply better then the rest. Maria Sharapova is not number five in the world but the WTA computer rankings will say she is number five on Monday. Maria is better then number five and the Williams Sisters are also better then their rankings. Venus Williams had two slams at the age of twenty, Serena had won one by age twenty, Maria has three, Martina Hingis won five grand slams by age twenty. Ana Ivanovic has zero.