[sudo-discuss] cuddling it

[Eddan Katz]

I do not pretend to know anyone else's experiences. And I try my best not to assert how I think people other than me experience things. Especially not in an omniscient derisive sense.

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On May 8, 2013, at 11:35 AM, Yardena Cohen <yardenack at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
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