“If Kshama Were a Man She’d Be Treated Differently"
“Men have always been allowed ‘mistakes’ and even atrocities yet still remain respected members of the US and local political spheres.”
She pointed to mayor-elect Bruce Harrell, who was accused of hiding wage theft at a The Royal Esquire club, a private social club for Black men that he’s led.
'Apparently even that isn't enough to keep him from winning office,' Hamlin said. 'But a brown woman gives access to a public City Hall, paid for with our tax dollars, for a peaceful sit-in one time, and that becomes one of the biggest tools in the Recall Sawant toolbox? Come on.'
(I asked Harrell’s campaign for comment on the accusations and I will update if they get back to me. When the accusations resurfaced weeks before the election, Harrell's campaign issued a statement accusing his opponent of trying to distract voters from issues like homelessness and public safety.)"
~ Hannah Krieg
“If Kshama Were a Man She’d Be Treated Differently"
"Recall advocates have also laid out some charged insults in their support of the campaign. The Seattle Times Editorial Board called Sawant 'egregiously abrasive,' and 'cagey.' She’s rude, she’s a bully, she’s got 'shoddy ethics,' and she disregards civic norms.
'If she were a man, they wouldn’t be able to attack her with so many irrelevant things. I think they would have to look for something that had more substance than the fact that she's angry,' Weller said of the Editorial Board’s criticisms of the council member.
Conrad called the Seattle Times editorial an act of 'character assassination.' She described the editorial as a bunch of ''dog whistles'' that amount to 'we don’t like this lady.'
'It’s all respectability politics, and that is not enough to turn over an election,' Conrad said. 'You know how many men have yelled and been gross and horrible? And we've had to live with them.'”
~ Hannah Krieg
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