interesting..

[netmouse]

Penn says Hilary joke predicts the future


(if link takes you to a different piece, you may have to select it-- mouse over each "Penn Says" episode to see which has which title).

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[kreie.livejournal.com]

I don't know that's necessarily true. I think that people are more comfortable with their internalized sexism than their internalized racism (see: widespread acceptance of misogynist jokes vs. widespread repugnance at racist jokes), and so are more inclined to vote for black people.

Also, I recall vaguely some poll somewhere, before this primary ever even happened, that said people were more likely to vote for a black person than a woman. Hate to quote unsupported stats, but it's vague enough I can't find it.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Interesting theory. I'd like it to be true, but I don't know.

Most of the analysis I've read says that a random bigoted American is more likely to vote for a woman than a black. This kind of thing worries me, as our country is full of random bigoted Americans.

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[shekkara.livejournal.com]

But who would the random mysogynist vote for? Our country is also full of random mysogynist people.

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Sorry. I meant "bigoted" to include both racist and sexist.

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