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Hillary vs. Barack: What's a Black (Male) Feminist to Do?
by Mark Anthony Neal
That Ms. Clinton is still married to a man involved in the most visible sexual harassment case in American history, does little to enhance her viability as the candidate that could more adequately address gender inequality in our society. Where was Ms. Clinton when her husband rode workfare programs--the premise being that women who are home taking care of young children are not really working--to his reelection in 1996? In contrast to Senator Clinton though, what has Mr. Obama done, really, to justify the large number of women supporters that he has drawn to his campaign--other than be a tall, handsome, articulate and not particularly threatening version of black masculinity?
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