Killer Mike Made a Remark About Hillary Clinton’s Uterus. It Doesn’t Sound Better in Context.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2016/02/17/the_context_of_killer_mike_s_sexist_remark_about_hillary_clinton_s_uterus.html
Stalwart Bernie Sanders supporter Killer Mike is catching flak for using a fellow Sanders supporter’s quote—“a uterus doesn’t qualify you to be president of the United States”—in a speech he made on behalf of the candidate in Atlanta on Tuesday.
At Morehouse College, the Run the Jewels rapper took aim at Hillary Clinton:
When people tell us, ‘Hold on, wait awhile.’ And that’s what the other Democrat is telling you. ‘Hold on, Black Lives Matter. Just wait awhile. Hold on, young people in this country, just wait awhile.’ And then, and then … she have your own mama come to you. Your own mama say to you, ‘Well, you’re a woman.’ But I talked to [activist] Jane Elliott a few weeks ago, and Jane said, ‘Michael, a uterus doesn’t qualify you to be president of the United States. You have to be—you have to have policy that’s reflective of social justice.’
The implication, of course, is that Clinton isn’t qualified to be president based on her actual accomplishments, and that her supporters have only rallied behind her because she’s a woman—specifically, one with a uterus. Now, Killer Mike is protesting that he can’t be held responsible for the crude phrasing because he didn’t think it up—he just parroted it. “I didn't say that,” he tweeted on Tuesday night. “A progressive activist woman said [it] to me.” His fans are saying “haters” are “distorting his words” and quoting him out of context:
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NJ Edwina @NJedwina
Killer Mike’s “uterus” comment about Hillary hurts all women.http://www.salon.com/2016/02/17/the_vagina_and_uterus_swipes_have_got_to_stop_killer_mikes_uterus_comment_about_hillary_hurts_all_women/ …
9:43 AM - 17 Feb 2016
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Thank you, MrWendel
get a pass--Has anyone heard anyone on the cable TV mention it?
A nice thing about the inter webs is that I can find people who are much better at articulating what I think and feel, and also give me perspective I have never thought of or encountered.
Anita Finlay Blog
Why Killer Mike’s “Uterus” Comment Matters
“…The now viral comment rapper Killer Mike made at a Bernie Sanders’ rally that “having a uterus doesn’t qualify a woman to be president” constitutes crass sexism; reducing a very qualified Hillary Clinton to a body part. That Killer Mike quoted another woman in advancing a sexist argument doesn’t make it less sexist. Worse is the disrespect to Clinton’s achievements. Few women or men could match up to her qualifications. Which begs the obvious question – why does having a penis make a man qualified?
Barbara Lee’s nonpartisan research foundation has consistently proven that:
“W]omen running for president must show their expertise in traditionally male-dominated areas like the economy, while also showing their prowess on “women’s issues,” like health care and education — plus, everything else. For women candidates, the devil really is in the details.”
“If Sanders were a woman running for president, he would need to be more than a one-issue candidate. To be sure, income inequality is a critically important problem to tackle, but if he were a woman he’d be dinged for harping on the same single issue without showcasing a leadership track record on everything else.”
Due respect to the curmudgeonly Senator, if he were a woman, he’d have gotten the hook months ago. No female could get away with his narrow focus, scruffy appearance or atonal bellowing. Yet men grant each other a credibility women need to earn. And women often automatically grant men more credibility than they grant each other….”
and more… http://www.anitafinlay.com/
edit... didn't notice special character that was messing with things. 
