This article was written to criticize Mia Love being elected as a black, female, Republican. It is laden with logical fallacies and factual inaccuracies. Lets take it apart; NO TRUE SCOTSMAN - She Looks Black, but Her Politics Are Red. We get this right from the title. Mia Love looks black, but shes not really black. No true black person would be Republican. LOADED QUESTION - How does a black, female conservative and Latter-day Saint manage to negotiate so many foreboding white contexts? The author already assumes in the question that Mia should be fearful of white contexts (conservative? Mormon?). He leaves no room to consider her environment may not be intrinsically harmful. CHERRY PICKING- She appears publicly unhampered by the daily grind of white racism that affects other racial minorities within the United States. Unlike most of them, Mia gets to walk through the hallowed doorways of white institutions controlled by elite, powerful men. She is allowed to pass through in her black, female body with the understanding that she must not see, speak or openly advocate for anything related to race or gender -- an unholy compromise. It is unclear of what exactly a white institution is, but he is certainly ignoring a large number of cases if he doesnt see other minorities beside Mia in these institutions. EQUIVOCATION - Thus, for most African Americans, it appears counterintuitive that someone black, female and Mormon could possibly endorse the GOP given its history of anti-Black, anti-feminist and anti-Mormon sentiment. He relies on a vague understanding of the word feminist when he relates it to female. In reality, the feminist movement is supported by only 23% of women, so an anti-feminist female is not a paradox. BANDWAGON - Black Americans are the only racial group that votes in a bloc. Vote Democrat, because everyone else is doing it! FACTUAL INACCURACIES - Although using incorrect facts is not a fault in reasoning, there were a few still worth noting; Even today, women still struggle for equal pay, equal rights and equal protection under the law in the workplace. The lack of equal pay is a myth long debunked by statistics. Women dont have equal rights in America? Name one right in America a woman doesnt have that men have. ...hate crimes, police shootings of innocent and unarmed black men and boys and vitriolic online attacks have dramatically increased since the election of our first black president. The truth is hate crimes have DECREASED over time, not increased. This may look like I am being hard on the article, but there are a lot more awful comments made that I didnt cover. huffingtonpost/darron-t-smith-phd/mia-love_b_6116466.html
Posted on: Tue, 11 Nov 2014 20:58:09 +0000
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