Mom (60) asked Grandma (82), a die-hard democrat, who she was going to vote for while they were on the phone tonight. I heard it from the kitchen and cringed, knowing what kind of answer she was going to get.
Later, Mom told me that the answer was, "Well, I don't know what I'm going to do because I can't vote for Hillary because she's a woman and I can't vote for Obama because he's black."
I don't know which is more striking, the sexism or the racism. Or for that matter, the more insidious indications behind referring to one by her first name and the other by his last.
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Date: 2008-02-08 05:12 am (UTC)Later, Mom told me that the answer was, "Well, I don't know what I'm going to do because I can't vote for Hillary because she's a woman and I can't vote for Obama because he's black."
I don't know which is more striking, the sexism or the racism. Or for that matter, the more insidious indications behind referring to one by her first name and the other by his last.