[Marxism] Gender-Race-Interactions? Assessing the Obama/Clinton-constellation

["Charles Brown" <charlesb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been saying this for a couple of months now.

Charles

Barack Obama Wins the Sojourner Truth Vote 
Run Date: 05/16/08 
By Rev. Valda Jean Combs
WeNews commentator 
West Virginia primary polling data has underscored Hillary Clinton's
claim to the allegiance of white voters who aren't comfortable with
black leadership. Rev. Valda Jean Combs says that helps explain why so
many black women are going for Obama.

Editor's Note: The following is a commentary. The opinions expressed
are those of the author and not necessarily the views of Women's
eNews.
 

(WOMENSENEWS)--The post-primary polling data out of West Virginia this
week has been hitting us with the central message that race strongly
factored into Sen. Hillary Clinton's lopsided victory.

So now, as the race cards are spread right out there on the national
table, I have a question: Does anyone still wonder why so many black
women are going for Sen. Barack Obama?

Some of Clinton's backers this campaign season have tried to make a
vote for their candidate seem like a vote for all women.

Younger women drawn to Obama's message of change have demurred. So
have
peace activist women horrified by Clinton's vote to authorize the use
of
force in Iraq.

Black women also have our own reasons--rooted in the history of this
country and the two waves of women's rights activism--to make another
choice. And I'd like to talk about that.

Full: 
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/3602 






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