Black Men vs. White Women, part 1

A while ago, I saw a comment on an Alternet piece about sexism that stated that racism was more important than sexism. I think it went even further and said something like "how dare you compare the experience of being a black man to being a woman, its much harder to be a black man." and "racism is more of a problem because it affects men AND women."

Needless to say, it pissed me off. It sounded like the guy felt like he was being degraded by being compared to a woman.

But as a white person, its hard for me to argue about racism. But men of any race obviously see no problem in arguing with me about sexism.

Yesterday, there was yet another "I have it harder" comment on an article about sexism by a black man. Today, I had to take a break for an hour and write out all the thoughts that had been fermenting in my brain all day. I'll type that up later, and possibly in a different location because I think it is that good.

But could you imagine a comment on an article about racism that said "how dare you compare women to stupid black people"? No, of course not, because sexism is more entrenched in society than racism. They are not the same thing but they intersect. Sometimes, it strikes me that misogynists use racism as a cover for their terrible mindset.