ProgressiveModerate
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« on: December 21, 2023, 01:24:25 AM » |
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I feel like for a lot of these, it depends upon how they present.
A good example would be Obama 2008 - when he ran, he defied many of the negative stereotypes about black people and was able to win. I think if he was a black man that fit into certain stereotypes, even physically, he may have had a harder time (i.e. darker skin, an urban African-American dialect, ect).
Same goes for gay/bi folks. I think America could theoretically elect a gay President like Pete Buttigieg in 2024, however, a gay man who presents as more submissive and feminine, defying many traditional gender roles would probably not be able to win.
I think for a lot of these groups, individual members could be elected, but members who fit into certain subsets of these groups wouldn't be.
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