Minority voters vote for white presidential candidates ALL the time

[EffieBlack]

52. How is saying someone is a woman any different than saying they are working class or from Scranton?

Or that they are part of the 1 percent? All of these are non-objective factors that help to make people who they are.

The idea that we consider all kinds of subjective criteria to help us determine whether we will support or not support someone but race or gender are completely off limits is, in my view, disingenuous and hypocritical.

I also strongly believe that anyone who claims that they don't "see" someone's race or gender are either lying or lack self-awareness. It also suggests that they not see the whole person.

Being an African-American woman has been one of the defining aspects of my life. It's affected how I am treated, how I am viewed and how I have had to navigate the world. So, when someone tells me that they don't see my race and gender - when, I know good and well that they do since that's my most obvious physical characteristic - I think they're either full of sh!t or completely clueless about their environment.