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In reply to the discussion: I keep hearing that Clinton has a problem with men, but really she has no problems with black men [View all]MrScorpio
(73,714 posts)7. Most black men don't have a problem with strong women...
As long as they're competent, of course. We're a little bit more wary of sexism that you'd find in a lot of white males.
This transcends gender, there's quite a bit of difference in how black men approach gender equality than white men. We tend to see that equality is inter-sectional of course.
I'm not saying that we don't have out own problems with sexism... That's a general male problem. I'm just saying that there are varying degrees of it.
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I keep hearing that Clinton has a problem with men, but really she has no problems with black men [View all]
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2016
OP
I don't doubt that, but most of my dealings are with white, conservative males. I hadn't considered
Arkansas Granny
Jun 2016
#6
i dont know that there is that much research on this, but i think that you are right
La Lioness Priyanka
Jun 2016
#8
+1, Islanders have a strong sense of matriarchy too... I went to a real luau, the women there were
uponit7771
Jul 2016
#23
MrScorpio is correct. Asians, Latinos, and AA families always have a strong woman at the head
BlueCaliDem
Jul 2016
#26
+1, black women have the lowest suicide rate of any ethnicity on Earth (link) so mentally resilient
uponit7771
Jul 2016
#22
White men. White women. White voters in general typically do not back the Democratic Party
Liberal_Stalwart71
Jun 2016
#14
The clearest dividiing line between the demographics of Sanders and Clinton was not gender or race,
merrily
Jul 2016
#27
Wasn't referring to Bernie. The primaries are over, Bernie is no longer relevant
La Lioness Priyanka
Jul 2016
#29