Tag: Women of Color

The First Woman President Could Mean Nothing (or Everything) for Women and Girls of Color

Treva B. Lindsey, Complex – October 25, 2016
Ahead in the polls, Hillary Clinton is poised to make herstory on November 8. It’s a fact that has gone without much comment given the spectacle that is Donald Trump’s campaign but one worth considering. Indeed, with a woman potentially headed to the Oval Office, it is important to stop and ask what this particular moment means for women and girls beyond the historical significance and symbolism.

Read More

How Strong Is Support for Clinton Among Women of Color?

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine – October 18, 2016

In an election cycle as long and strange as 2016’s, there is plenty of room for counterintuitive journalistic takes. But in a long piece arguing that Hillary Clinton does not represent progressive or non-white women, who thus will not really share in her triumph if she wins, The Atlantic’s Emma Green has taken some extreme liberties with the available evidence. One can, of course, as Green has done, track down and interview enough anti-Clinton or lukewarm-pro-Clinton women to give the impression they — not the vast numbers of their peers who sure seem excited about a Clinton presidency —are representative. You can conduct the same exercise in exploring the views of anti-Trump conservative white evangelicals. But assertions backed by anecdotes do not make for a persuasive case.

Read More

How Strong is Support for Clinton Among Women of Color?

Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine – October 17, 2016

In an election cycle as long and strange as 2016’s, there is plenty of room for counterintuitive journalistic takes. But in a long piece arguing that Hillary Clinton does not represent progressive or non-white women, who thus will not really share in her triumph if she wins, The Atlantic’s Emma Green has taken some extreme liberties with the available evidence.

Read More

Women Who Hate Trump, but Aren’t With Her

Emma Green, The Atlantic – October 16, 2016

Depending on your perspective, it’s either Hillary Clinton’s great misfortune or incredible luck to be matched with an opponent who believes men like him can simply grab women “by the pussy,” who has been accused of making unwanted sexual advances against colleagues, and who made a sport of sizing up all the beauty queens in the pageant he owned. Because Donald Trump represents the worst version of how powerful men treat women, the symbolism of Clinton can seem uncomplicated: Her White House victory, if it comes, will be a win for women.

Read More

At We Won’t Wait Summit, Women Say They are More Than Just ‘a Vote’

Vanessa Williams, Washington Post – September 20, 2016

Women of color should be just as tough on Democrat Hillary Clinton as they are on Republican Donald Trump in demanding that the candidates address issues important to them, their families and their communities.

Read More

Presidential Nominees Ignore Women of Color at Their Peril

Juhie Batia, Rolling Stone – August 26, 2016

“Although 1920 is considered the formal beginning of women’s political participation, this is largely the case for white women and excludes women of color,” says Nadia Brown, an associate professor of political science and African American studies at Purdue University. “Women of color were not given equal access to the ballot, and many had to wait nearly 55 years after white women were granted suffrage to fully participate in American politics.”

Read More

Groups Look to Mobilize Women of Color, Low-Income Women for Big November Turnout

Vanessa Williams, Washington Post – August 4, 2016

A coalition of groups focused on issues affecting women of color and poor women has launched a campaign to ensure that its concerns are not overlooked by candidates on the ballot this fall. We Won’t Wait 2016 plans to hold 500,000 “kitchen table conversations” to encourage women of color to be vocal about issues important to them, including economic security, social justice and family care, and to show up at the polls to elect candidates who best represent those interests.

Read More