VivirLatino

The following video is definitly very funny. I laughed at all of it. At the same time, I was just a bit uncomfortable with the assertion that Hillary Clinton didn’t lose the election because of sexism. Which is odd, because on the whole, although I do feel that Clinton was subjected to sexism and sexism was 100% a part of the coverage of her bid, I also, for the most part, don’t feel like she *lost* because of sexism.

I think the thing that makes me uncomfortable is a man dismissing sexism. It’s offensive–men don’t get to tell women that something did or didn’t happen because of sexism, just like white folks don’t get to tell people of color that something did or didn’t happen because of racism.

But in the end, Rock’s point is really well made: why does slaughter of animals get a black man prison time and a white woman the Vice Presidential nod?

How is whiteness invested in ‘protecting’ animals even as it uses the destruction of animals to define itself?