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which has a long history of racist oppression.

And there is no history of sexist oppression?



There is a history current state of sexist oppression, just as with racism. I didn't mean to imply that there is a mutual exclusion: racism and sexism are active parts of our culture and society, both today and in the past.

I only want to point out that racism and sexism, while related, are distinct and different. Referring to women in professional circles as girls is a very different kind of thing compared to calling a black man "boy", and attempts to draw parallels between the two are problematic, as we get into the territory of identity and experience erasure.




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