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..."The Assymetry of 'isms," since your primary claim is that racism is more insidious and damaging than sexism. I think your basic argument is: African Americans are a historically disadvantaged and discrimated against minority group, whereas females are a historically disadvantaged and discriminated against majority group. It's an interesting distinction that I hadn't thought of in quite that way before.
by Sedi on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 11:22:34 AM PDT
in that women are integrated so thoroughly in almost every household and community. There are some ways in which this makes sexism more difficult to deal with, but it does not create the same intergroup dynamic as race does.
by Lawprofsr on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 11:52:42 AM PDT
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