Race and Sexism

It seems as if my blogs are beginning to fail me...today the conservative post was once again not updated, and the liberal post had something irrelevant for me to talk about. Thus, I have decided to pick an article from msnbc called, Clinton, Obama Fuel Gender, Race Debate as well as a video clip called Dems Confront Racial Divide. 

It seems as if the democratic side of this campaign is beginning to focus in on sexism  and race. It is believed that Hillary has received many sexism comments concerning her emotions, appearance (being critiqued unfairly), and Obama's race has come into play with this campaign as well as his past with drugs (which was not supposed to be an issue during this election). Overall, my hope is that neither of these issues begin to dominate news, media, and the election. This is not what the election is supposed to concentrate on. 

 Just last week, Hillary Clinton told Fox News, "Dr. King's dream began to be realized when president Linden Johnson passed the Civil Rights Act in 1964." By saying such a statement, Hillary received many negative comments and has offended many people, such as African Americans. I understand why this would be negatively received because Martin Luther King Jr. was the reason for change in America, without him, I do not believe Johnson would have had the opportunity for passing the Civil Rights Act.  Due to the uprise, Hillary has had to do some "clean up" in order to try and clarify what she said and meant, as well as regain and keep voters. It is important that she watches what she says and does because next week the primary is held in South Carolina, where half of the democratic voters are African American. 

Here are my sources:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22653232/

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/22652911#22652911