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I think the piece does a good job of raising a valid point
Wait. What I meant to say was:
"I appreciate it when large news handlers take a minute to acknowledge minority perspectives. But the topic is dealt with heavy-handedly."
There. Sorry, everyone. It's just that I got this tattoo a while back: My right forearm says, "Proofreading is for suckerz" and it's tough going against that, ya know? But I am supposed to be getting healthcare soon. First up is seeing how much the copay is on laser removal.
I keep hearing comments similar to the CNN voting preference suppositions, that is: I am a woman, therefor it is assumed I will vote for Hillary Clinton. I would like to see a woman in the White House, but not just ANY woman--I give my cvote to the candidate who best promises to fulfill my expectations, whose stance on as many subjects as possible matches mine as much as possible. I would like to see a woman in the White House--but I vote with my brain, not with my genitals, and I will be voting for a man in the upcoming presidential election.
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Before we address inherent racism, the article was written poorly.
From the CNN article:
"""For these women, a unique, and most unexpected dilemma, presents itself: Should they vote their race, or should they vote their gender?
No other voting bloc in the country faces this choice."""
I think the fact that the author of this article qualifies the question central to this article (i.e., "Race of Gender?") by reminding readers that no other demographic has this distinct level of minority overlap is...good.
I think the piece does a good job of raising a valid point, but the execution is bad bad bad. The writing is poor and the piece really does come off as something a blond MTV VJ (is that term still used?) would say "live from MTV's winter lodge-athon in Tahoe!"
Wait a minute, the article actually says most unexpected dilemma? Crap! I see Encino-Man-era Pauly Shore didn't get the by-line...again!
Also:
I can see how some might say that the piece asserts that female black voters are ill-informed. I think the above sentence does imply that female African Americans might not have considered Obama (let alone known who he is) had Oprah not thrown her support behind him.
And then we end with:
Come on.
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