Letter from a college reader:
An Orientation in the Age of “Hillary 2016” Stickers
May 11, 2015 | Revolution Newspaper | revcom.us
(From my long, tired days at a women’s college buzzing with too much hope for an election we wouldn’t be able to vote in less than 100 years ago, make that 40 years ago when the Voting Rights Act enforced the rights of Black people to vote, oh wait so many people are still barred from the voting booth...)
1. Hillary Clinton has more to do with all of our oppression than with anybody’s liberation.
—Seriously though, it’s true. I’m not even sorry about it either. A woman in the White House is going to defeat patriarchy just about as effectively as President Obama’s two terms eliminated anti-Black racism and police terror and murder. NO!
The fact that this country is just NOW electing Black and female leaders says a great deal about how deeply rooted racism and patriarchy are here.
#sorrynotsorry
2. Hillary Clinton does not represent progress for American women.
—Her apologetic stance on abortion adds to stigma that heaps shame on women for making a responsible decision about their bodies and futures, and leaves doctors isolated targets of Christian terrorist murder. Also break with “America” right now! It wouldn’t even exist without slavery, so stop it.
3. Hillary Clinton represents a terrorist threat for women around the world.
—Hillary Clinton’s national chauvinism and imperialist policies are wrapped in bomb-y, drone-y realities for the people who live in the nations of Northern Africa and Western Asia.
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