I happen to have watched this episode of Oprah yesterday (I'm in the Boston area) and the word penis was not bleeped out, though the audience did start to laugh everyone time Oprah or Lorena mentioned the word and when (posted to When Penis is a Bad Word)
I agree that the hearings are painful to watch. There was a great opinion piece in the Washington Post yesterday on this topic exactly: 'Being white and male is seen instead as a neutral condition, the natural order of things. (posted to Only White Men Can be "Objective." )
No. What's inappropriate is your insistence upon a hierarchy of oppression. Hint: there isn't one. (posted to Only White Men Can be "Objective." )
Wow. So apparently, we can call out commenters for what, subjectively, seems implied by their statements, but not editors. That is making the comment policy of this site laughable, when I thought it was in good sense before. (posted to Only White Men Can be "Objective." )
Again, unnecessary troll calling. Yeah, you had different styles of arguing. You disagree. That makes neither one of you a troll. (posted to Only White Men Can be "Objective." )
up, that's a misuse of the term hierarchy of oppression... kate08 was simply stating that rape and racism aren't comparable. rape, while having an institutional basis (sexism or patriarchy or rape culture), to be certain, is one type of violent (posted to Only White Men Can be "Objective." )
The sad truth is there will always be a racism. People are only learning to be tolerant towards each other on the outside but deep inside people are racists. Mira - Theeth Whitening Specialist (posted to Only White Men Can be "Objective." )
