[sudo-discuss] cuddling it

[Yardena Cohen]

On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 11:23 AM, Eddan Katz <eddan at clear.net> wrote:
> In the article you link to below, the objections described are from black
> women who thought that the song gave particular lower status to black women.

No kidding. If by "gave lower status to" you mean "erase entirely".

> It is an unfortunate interpretation of the song and a depressing admission
> of how deeply engrained the word nigger is in our culture.

You think you know better than any black woman on that subject?

> But it is my understanding of the intent of the songwriters to expose the
> degrading aspects of sexism that were being dismissed in response to the
> mainstreaming of feminism at the time.

"I was trying to fight sexism" is not at all incompatible with
something being racist.