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This election for the President of the United States, as it is currently configured, has three historical possibilities. The first Woman president, the first African-American president, or the first Vietnam Veteran president.
This election\primary season (as far as the Democrats are concerned) is gonna have a whole bunch of us, from all points on the political spectrum, going through all sorts of painful self-examination, and dealings\concerns with our coalitions that have banded together in the past.
If you happen to be a Hillary Clinton supporter, some of the shots at HRC have been sexist. Not all, pretty much not most, but certainly some.
If you happen to be a Barack Obama supporter, some of the shots at BO have been racist. Not all, pretty much not most, but certainly some.
My point is that all of us, while trying very hard not to be sexist or racist, grew up in a nation, state, community, family, that WAS sexist and racist.
And I'm not talking Big 'S' sexist, or Big 'R' racist...
There used to be, back in the '70's when I was first being "enlightened" during my college experience, a riddle (told as a story) that went something like this...
"A father and son are on an airplane flying from the west-coast to the east-coast. Over the Appalachian Mountains, the aircraft experiences severe turbulence and crashes into the mountains. Most everybody dies, except for a few survivors. As the rescue crews do their work, they find the boy, barely breathing, but still alive, and manage to get him off the mountain and into a waiting ambulance. The boy's father unfortunately, had died instantly upon impact.
They rush the kid to the nearest Emergency Room, and wheel him in. The team is assembled, and when the boy is brought in, the doctor immediately looks at him and says, "I cannot operate on this boy. He's my son!"
Question: Who is the doctor?
Now if you've heard this before, maybe give it a beat or two before answering. But I can tell you with major confidence, that back in the '70's, it took many minutes of silence before somebody could figure out the answer.
And the fact that these days, the younger generation doesn't take so long to figure it out is a GREAT THING!!! It means that we've actually done our work. Job's not finished by any means, but we are moving in the correct direction.
The fact that young people now can figure it out in a couple of seconds, is 10 times better than the previous generation, and a 100 times better than the generation before that!
I guess what I'm trying to say, is that when we grow up in a sexist\racist world, no matter how hard we try, there will be some of that disgusting crap that rubs off on us, whether we recognize it or not. And with both sides in the Clinton\Obama debate, it's gonna rear its ugly head. Even by the most well intentioned.
:shrug:
Answer: The doctor, was his mother.
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