Tag: Intersectionality

Hiding in Plain Sight: White Women Vote Republican

Posted on November 13, 2016November 26, 2016 by Kelly Dittmar

Jane Junn, Politics of Color – November 13, 2016

In the wake of Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States, one piece of data from voter exit polls has been particularly surprising for Clinton supporters: 53% of white women voted for Trump compared with 43% for Hillary Clinton. This statistic has been met with disappointment and criticism: “Fellow white women, I’m done with you,” (Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, Huffington Post), “Self-loathing. Hypocrisy. And, of course, a racist view of the world that privileges white supremacy over every other issue.” (L.V. Anderson, Slate).

Why is it so Hard for so Many in America to Accept a Woman President?

Posted on November 4, 2016November 27, 2016 by Kelly Dittmar

Anushay Hossain, New York Times – November 4, 2016

Whether you’re voting for Hillary or Trump or neither, it is hard to argue that the one consistent theme that has plagued the 2016 presidential race has been toxic misogyny. From the Republican nominee’s bragging in a 2005 leaked Access Hollywood tape about groping women to a dozen allegations of sexual misconduct against him to the Trump campaign taking on disgraced Fox News CEO, Roger Ailes, as a formal advisor to Bill Clinton’s sexual past being dragged out in a bid to discredit Hillary to Trump threatening Clinton with jail and calling her a “nasty woman,” the sexism throughout the 2016 race has been tangible, to say the least.

Hillary Clinton’s Intersectional Politics

Posted on March 9, 2016March 10, 2016 by Kelly Dittmar

Clare Foran, The Atlantic – March 9, 2016

Hillary Clinton has taken pains to describe the lead-contaminated drinking water of Flint, Michigan, not only as a public-health and environmental crisis, but also as a crisis of poverty and racism. Along the way, the Democratic presidential contender has invoked the idea of intersectionality, the concept that different forms of inequality and discrimination overlap and compound one another.