And while I'm being all political...

[layla]

This guy makes some damn good points about white privilege. Regardless of how I feel about the McCain-Palin and Obama-Biden tickets, and how the media's been treating Sarah Palin (and about Tim Wise as well *cough*) ... if you flip it around and postulate a black candidate with Palin's particular set of qualifications and disadvantages (unwed teenage daughter, shaky collegiate history, gun-toting future son-in-law, strongly religious and belongs to a politically-charged church), and consider how such a candidate would be viewed by the American mainstream -- makes kind of a contrast, doesn't it?

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[laylalawlor.livejournal.com]

Oh, no no, I could see the point you were making and I totally agree! I wish that it were always left as a private decision between a woman, her partner and her family. I hope they do leave Palin's daughter alone. But the double standard is horrible, and thank you very much for the link; I haven't clicked on it (I'm sort of afraid to) but I can imagine the sort of things that people would have to say.