Apparently some of the folks at A Voice for Men are afraid that, amidst all the eulogies for one of the greatest freedom fighters of our age, people may lose sight of the fact that Nelson Mandela was, in fact, a man. Not a man in the fallible human being sense, as he was and all of us are, but a man in the not a lady sense.
So AVFM Managing Editor Dean Esmay felt it necessary to remind the world of this fact:
The Horseless Hun decided to rub it in a bit:
Kukla, meanwhile, wasn’t all that impressed.
This, again, is a site that thinks of itself as the locus of the “Men’s Human Rights Movement.” It’s also a place where the death of a real human rights icon becomes just another excuse to talk shit about women.
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Thing like hair texture impact how race is read too. I think the fact that my hair is curly as well as very dark is part of the reason I’m often read as not-white.
I suppose, but I feel like that contradicts what the woman said in that video. Maybe it’s better to say that I’m a WOC with some white-passing privilege.
I haven’t watched that video; I’m thinking mostly of people I’ve known or known about. Saying passing privilege excludes a person reminds me of the racist types here who say X can’t possibly be Aboriginal because their skin’s too white, and they shouldn’t get all the Wonderful Benefits(TM) that go with being Aboriginal.
Also it’s very common for passing privilege to apply in some situations but not others. It’s rarely a blanket thing.
Just in case any VfMers are lurking here, hi!: http://www.thenation.com/blog/177518/nelson-mandela-feminist
Apologies if this has been posted before:
Mandela: The Ultimate Male Feminist
http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/08/world/africa/the-ultimate-male-feminist-mandela/?c=&page=1