Thursday, February 14, 2008
Let's refocus...
Earlier today I was on the verge of checking my email on yahoo.com and I couldn't help but notice the head line on the webpage that says, "Clinton's edge slips with whites, women". We touched on this quite a bit in Comm. 470 class, but I just find it so interesting how much race and sex are played on by the media during this election due to the presence of a woman and a black man. Now I've seen in some instances in the past, where the media and politicians talk about the "black" vote in elections, very rarely have I seen instances where they talk about the "woman" vote. I understand that it is inevitable to think about things related to gender and race because this type of diversity is new to the election. However; I feel like in many other instances, the media places too much emphasis on what Clinton and Obama are rather than who they are. And due to the fact that we all get caught up in the media, this type of thing affects our thoughts and views on the candidates and their followers which is just the type of propaganda we don't need in this new era. Why don't we just let these Candidate's be recognized for what they can do for the entire US population including their unique perspectives based upon their backgrounds rather than judge them solely on how they reflect upon the populations that they are supposed to be "representing".
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I agree with what you say Cori. I have talked to a lot of people who say that they could never vote for Hillary because she is a woman and a woman is not ready to lead this country. Hillary has been played up as the woman candidate while Obama has been played up as the black candidate. This gives Obama the edge because, as we have discussed in class, people are scared to talk about race but they are not scared to talk about gender. Although Hillary does have much more experience than Obama does, the fact that the race is being played as gender vs. race, gives Obama the edge. It seems as though the people of America would rather vote in a black man over a white woman with more experience.
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