‘ We’re a region that’s plagued with sexism and discrimination … to claim that would be to deny fact,’ one professor said
A panel of scientists at the University of Virginia just debating the result of the 2024 presidential election mainly attributed racism and sexism, with one researcher claiming that Kamala Harris ‘ defeat harkens up to” the murder of chattel slavery.”
The battle of the first black female nominee for a big celebration for the administration by an openly racist and misogynistic member, according to Kevin Gaines, a Ultraviolet professor of civil rights and social justice, “recalled the voicelessness and vulnerability of dark women during the eras of slavery and segregation, especially in the Jim Crow south,” according to Gaines, a UVA professor of civil rights and social justice.
Morris, facilitator for the” Race, Gender and the American Electorate” celebration at UVA’s Miller Center, continued that “enslaved dark women endured the murder of chattel slavery and the abuse of their work and sexual sexuality”.
” Even in freedom, black women historically have been overlooked and marginalized, not only by white male oppressors, but also — and often — by their extensible allies: black men and white women”, Gaines said.
The Miller Center, a nonpartisan affiliate of the University of Virginia, claims to aim to “illustrate presidential and political history accurately and fairly” at its upcoming event in late January.
However, the panelists only criticized Trump and the electorates who cast ballots for him at the event, which organizers described as a post-election analysis to examine” the complex interplay of race, gender, and age demographics as they affected the outcome.”
Gaines said a majority of white women chose Trump, 52 to 47 percent, over Harris, adding with issues like abortion on the line, he had hoped more white women would support Harris.
Given the number of state ballot initiatives that pro-choice protections, Gaines said,” White women’s support for Trump was striking.”
According to Andra Gillespie, associate professor of political science and director of Emory University’s Study of Race and Difference, Fox News viewers were already primed to support Trump based on its coverage.
Fox News viewers typically have very different political outlooks than other Republicans do. It’s because …]they ] think about the things being discussed on the news more”, Gillespie said.
She went on to talk about how the echo chamber might not have enough “editorial gatekeeping”, and so “media misinformation can proliferate”.
We’re a nation that’s plagued by misogyny and sexism, according to Professor Bertrall Ross of the University of Virginia School of Law, and to deny that would be to reject reality.
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( Editor’s note: The full video of the event can be accessed here ).
In relation to the sexism and misogyny, Ross argued Harris would have won the election if she had been able to run as herself, and not as Biden’s vice president.
” We could’ve overcome the sexism and misogyny of our nation, and the willingness of Trump to play into that”, Ross said.
” Vice President Harris handled Trump better than any candidate I’ve seen opposing him,” Ross said. ” The way she was able to bring Trump down to size … was quite remarkable”.
Ross continued by saying that” there are pockets of]voter ] suppression” caused by Republican operatives “targeting minority communities”.
With regards to gender dynamics and the election, Ross said Trump pursued a “very proto-masculinity campaign”.
” The idea of ‘ Make America Great Again’ is an idea of returning to a dynamic of patriarchal control, ]and ] patriarchal economic dynamics”, he said.
Ross said Hillary Clinton actually won the election in 2016, but for the “electoral college antiquity”, adding that the electoral college is the “biggest voter suppressant” in the political system.
In response to a question about informed and uninformed voters, Gaines responded that “it’s quite likely that this election was decided by voters who didn’t have… as comprehensive a view of politics and the issues as a significant number of Harris supporters.”
” For Harris supporters, losing to Trump, who has repeatedly made vile racist and sexist attacks against Harris, was particularly galling”, Gaines said, without mentioning a specific incident.
Gaines once added that” Democrats can always find fault with the person at the top of the ticket, but Republicans will fall in line no matter what.”
Reached for comment on the one-sided nature of the panel discussion, Joel Gardner, president of the Jefferson Council, said the university may want to find more balance.
” Professors have the right to freedom of speech pursuant to the University’s statement on freedom of expression. However, when the administration adopts viewpoints as an official position or supports certain viewpoints to the exclusion of others, it becomes an issue and a problem,” he said in a written statement sent to The College Fix.
The Jefferson Council is a non-profit alumni organization established to protect Thomas Jefferson’s legacy of freedom and excellence at the University of Virginia.
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