tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796485672791247107.post6713461673697866134..comments2023-07-31T08:52:42.632-04:00Comments on A Work In Progress: Geraldine Ferraro FoolishnessAimee A'Lainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07287418970139602730noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2796485672791247107.post-30150966989309145332008-03-12T16:38:00.000-04:002008-03-12T16:38:00.000-04:00As has become the norm in this "silly season" in o...As has become the norm in this "silly season" in our nation's history, I'm not sure which angers me more: the original statement, or the response (I cannot say apology because frankly, this was not even the half-hearted, veiled "If you were offended by what I said, then I didn't mean for you to be" apologies that have we have all come to know and loathe!). Query to Sen. Obama, and every other African-American male in this country, " How lucky do you feel when you are pulled over by the police for driving in a neighbor that may or may not be your own?" Inquiry for all African-American women, "Do you feel lucky when you are SWB?" (Shopping While Black for those readers who are unfamiliar with this special level of joy). For those readers who wonder about how "lucky" people of color, especially those of African descent, must be everytime we have to run faster, write better, turn water into wine, and perform three other miracles on command, please read "White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming to See Correspondences Through Work in Women's Studies," by Peggy McIntosh of the Center for Research on Women at Wellesley College (1988), AND THEN TELL US HOW LUCKY WE ARE!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com