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Unconcious sexism is sexism nonetheless.

By Suzanne Keller - February 9, 2008, 8:55AM

When Shuster made the pimping comment, laughter erupted in the studio. Case closed.

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Yup.

Posted by TheraP
February 9, 2008 9:04 AM | Reply | Permalink

Unconsciously labeling a candidate as the Black candidate is innuendo nevertheless.

Posted by AdAbsurdum
February 9, 2008 9:08 AM | Reply | Permalink

Yup.

Posted by TheraP
February 9, 2008 9:09 AM | Reply | Permalink

Shuster's comment was sexist. Chelsea's a grown woman fer chrissakes, not some JonBenét.

Still, not sure laughter or applause erupting in such a setting actually closes this (or any) case. If it did, we could stage a few televised debates and close quite a few long-running cases, couldn't we?

Posted by Chino Blanco
February 9, 2008 10:36 AM | Reply | Permalink

For another view ,Jane Hamsher at Firedoglake:
QUOTE
"And on that awkward segue, I'll bring up the latest contretemps -- comments made by David Shuster to the effect that Chelsea Clinton was being "pimped out" by the campaign. It may surprise everyone but I actually wasn't bothered by them. The phrase is ubiquitous, I use it all the time and although it is a loaded term my initial impression was that in the wake of all the truly awful sexist stuff that's come down the pipeline from MSNBC over the course of this campaign, much of which I have personally railed about, this just didn't fall into that category.
At first I thought it might be because I know Shuster and don't think he has the women's issue
...........END

This was in embedded in a post criticizing Obama's
use of the word "claws" for its sexist connotations.

Posted by flavius
February 9, 2008 10:39 AM | Reply | Permalink

I hope Jane's not suggesting that we take a deep breath and ask ourselves if we don't all watch way too much TV for our own good ... At the risk of sounding like the wine-track elitist that I am, we don't have access to American TV in the house, so all I know is what I read here and elsewhere ... based on what I've caught of the Clinton campaign lately, the bits that confuse me are the bits that I suppose are custom-made for some TV audience that goes for the quick visual and some throwaway outrage.

Posted by Chino Blanco
February 9, 2008 11:18 AM | Reply | Permalink

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