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  1. Intro

    1. Why are we doing this forum?

    2. Explanation of the format/process

      1. Hold Q&A until the end

  2. Does race matter? Does gender matter? Do racism and sexism still exist in 2008?

    1. Racism

      1. Racism history – acknowledge changes (short)

      2. Racism contemporary facts (fact sheet?)

        1. Individual/psychological

          1. bias, prejudice

        2. Violent

          1. hate crimes

        3. Institutional

          1. {Examples}

    2. Sexism

      1. Sexism history – acknowledge changes (short)

      2. Sexism contemporary facts (fact sheet?)

        1. Individual/psychological

          1. bias, prejudice

        2. Violent

          1. rape

          2. domestic violence

        3. Institutional

          1. {Examples}

  3. Will having a woman or a black man in the White House change this?

    1. Older

      1. Might open up people who have strong boundaries. Might open up new persepectives.

    2. Younger

      1. Generational. opens up the horizon for young people what roles are open to them, what limits are on them

      2. Symbolic, precedent

    3. Politics still exist

      1. Hillary and Palin and Cynthia McKinney are politically different ///

    4. distraction? divisive? The trap of identity politics ///

      1. also a matter of pride, raising expectations

  4. If Obama loses, should we blame it on racism? If McCain/Palin lose, gender?

  5. Is it divisive to play the “race card” or the “gender card”?

    1. You can see how one's race or gender would limit or allow certain ways of talking, or being?

    2. People have limited experience with being the minority here

      1. except perhaps religious identity?

  6. What are some of the ways that these candidates, coming from different places, are limited by their identities when it comes to these issues? What are some of the traps they have to avoid? What advantages do their identities give them?

    1. McCain

    2. Biden

    3. Palin

      1. Palin and Clinton get flattened as "the same" because they are both women.

      2. youtube clips? sexist coverage.

    4. Clinton

    5. Obama

    6. The advantages are sometimes limiting

      1. SNL skit - Palin vs. Clinton as masculine and feminine types of women politicians; who is defying gender roles.

  7. Who makes these rules? Who defines what is acceptable and unacceptable in society?

    1. The politicians?

    2. The pundits?

    3. The media?

    4. The corporations?

    5. Us? The Population?

  8. What is the most democratic way? How do we get there?

BAY AREA VOTING RESEARCH CENTER STUDY
[WWW]http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_kmafp/is_/ai_n14878563
[WWW]http://opac.okcancel.org/docs/bacvr.pdf

WOMEN'S MEDIA CENTER (random articles)
[WWW]http://www.womensmediacenter.com/election_watch.html

COLOR LINES (random articles)
[WWW]http://www.google.com/cse?cx=002826800558238759205:ft8w6oitwmg&cof=FORID:0&q=obama&sa=Search

NPR: Does Race Matter In '08? The View From York, Pa. (interviews with common folk)
[WWW]http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=94523754

GOODBYE TO ALL THAT: WHY OBAMA MATTERS (particularly page 3)
[WWW]http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200712/obama/1
Andrew Sullivan on Obama: The “Best Face” For Imperialism
[WWW]http://revcom.us/a/118/obama-en.html

OBAMA's RACIAL CATCH 22 and FAIR
[WWW]http://www.prospect.org/cs/articles?article=obamas_racial_catch22
[WWW]http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3590
[WWW]http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3577
[WWW]http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=3588

HOWARD WINANT's WRITINGS on OBAMA
[WWW]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/howard-winant/obama-navigates-the-home_b_99703.html
[WWW]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/howard-winant/once-again-obama-should-a_b_116928.html

ZMAG ELECTION DISSENSION
[WWW]http://zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/18773
[WWW]http://zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/18671
[WWW]http://zcommunications.org/znet/viewArticle/18781

VIOLENT RACISM NOW
The Sean Bell Murder and the Re-Klanification of America
[WWW]http://rwor.org/a/131/SBell_reklanification-en.html

CORNEL WEST ON OBAMA (defending Jeremiah Wright)
[WWW]http://undercoverblackman.blogspot.com/2008/04/cornel-west-on-barack-obama.html

FROM REVOLUTION NEWSPAPER
[WWW]http://rwor.org/a/141/CD_on_Obama-en.html

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