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8. Could it be that a large segment of the media has and has had a preference for the white male voice?
Fri Nov 7, 2025, 09:18 PM
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And perhaps the segments that don’t have such a preference, wonder why white women would vote for a party that doesn’t fully recognize their human agency? I might be misunderstanding your question, but if it’s why we must change for white men and white women must change for us (I.e., Democratic Party), then I think it’s often centrists and right wingers that ask the former and those further on the left that ask the latter. I leave room for those who inconsistently apply standards to the various sexes or believe we’ve done enough for white women but not white men. Why would somebody vote against their interests? Fooled by propaganda? Racist? Maybe out of fear of losing a privileged social status? White men might still face poverty, but they are kinda promised dominion over their castle and its inhabitants. Many of the white women that do vote R could be protecting the comparatively privileged status they have compared to other marginalized groups. Preeminence, even if minor, has never been a tough sell.

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