It has come to my attention that many Hillary Clinton supporters say that they will vote for John McCain instead of Barack Obama. They were so loyal to Hillary Clinton, that they just cannot support Barack Obama.
At first, it puzzled me...I didn't know why these women would rather vote for an old, Republican man who is only going to repeal the rights that women have fought for and won even further. Then, as if a light had been turned on, the thought hit me. These hard-line feminist will not vote for Barack Obama because he is Black. He is Black and that's why they won't vote for him. Again, they would vote for a white woman, but not a Black man who is sure to help them. Don't forget that the man is Black, and these feminists would rather vote for a white man who will hurt than a black man who will help them.
Yes, my dears. Some of the same women who complain about women being oppressed are also racist. They want the same privileges and treatment as white men, and are ready and willing to oppress others once they receive them. Just think about it...In many slave narratives, it has often been said that the slave mistress was much more harsh than the slave master. Just think of the progress that could have been made in this country if white women would have reached out to their sisters of color rather than protesting out of fits of penis envy.
That is why black women have never been on board with white, feminist philosophy. Judging from the angry phone calls to C-Span on the first night of the DNC, we never will. One phone caller said that she simply cannot vote for Obama because of the church he attended for 20 years, and the racist rhetoric teached there. She all but said that she cannot vote for a black man who is not ashamed of being black.
As I fell asleep last night, I thought about white, middle-class feminism throughout its history. Why should a black woman jump on board with white feminists when she probably scrubbed floors for one. While her white female boss complained about being barred from the board room, the black maid probably longed for fair wages and a day off just to see her own children. While white women complained about unequal pay, Black women had to worry about her white female boss checking her every day to see if she's stolen anything. Black women raised white women's children, and for a pittance of what they were worth.
Is it any wonder that black women looked at the earliest feminists and asked what the fuck they were talking about(literally, some black academics asked that question)?
As a black woman, my suspicions about most white, middle-class feminists have been confirmed. Forget feminists...They don't stand for us and won't fight for us when it comes to race. We'll stand by our man! We'll vote for him because he is not afraid of strong, career-minded women. He respects us, and I have never heard him call his wife a cunt -like John McCain has.
Again, forget feminists. Forget feminism. Sisters, stand by your man. Vote Obama. He'll be the president to further advance women's rights.
