Reply #130: Hi Nance

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Nance, I know that your message was obviously tongue in cheek, but there really is something that has been on my chest for some time and I hope that you won't mind if I use your post as the place to address it.
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I just signed on to DU today (even though I've read the site constantly for the last five years) so that I can talk about the Hillary campaign and Geraldine Ferraro's comment to Obama about him only getting as far as he is because he's black.
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I am a black woman and I know that there aren't very many black voices on DU and I hope that my comment isn't offensive to any but I just have to say that Hillary's behavior, and those of Ms. Ferraro, are just about every college-educated, professional black person's worse nightmare. I don't know a single black person, but PARTICULARLY black women, in Corporate America who has not had a similar situation like the one Barack is going through right now with Hillary.
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I've talked to my sorority sisters, my friends, my co-workers and everyone I know who is black and they all say the same thing -- that when a certain type of white woman feels threatened, they will do whatever it takes to neutralize that threat. And it's unfortunate that so often, they tend to be so EASILY threatened.
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In my own personal experience, I've had white female co-workers and supervisors who the minute they realize that I have every bit the talent, skills and experience to take the shine and spotlight off of them, suddenly I become persona non grata. Does that not sound EXACTLY like what Hillary is doing to Barack?? I've had white female supervisors send me e-mails raving over the quality of my work and work ethics, and then a week later try to get me fired for something as ridiculous as "insubordination." Their thinking is, "this b*tch is a threat and I have got to get rid of her" never mind that her only crime seems to be doing a great job. And for anyone who thinks this is just a personal rant, well it may be a bit, but it's so much bigger than just me. I don't know a single educated black person, especially female, regardless of talent and ability, who doesn't have her own story. And it seems that Essence and Ebony magazines (don't know if they still make Jet) have about a hundred articles on these ongoing office battles every year.
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Hillary is a brilliant, capable woman who I would be proud to have as President. But I have to be honest that her behavior of "win at all costs" including relegating Barack's political experience to a speech, and Ferraro refusing to retract her idiotic statements that the only reason Barack is winning is because he's black is really stirring up some unwanted feelings in so many of my accomplished, successful black friends as well as me.