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unfairly
Times, the New York Times and everywhere in,
between (even Lincoln). The Jackson columns range
from mild disapprovals to diatribes.
Of course, television commentators weren't left
out of the act. Neither were TV reporters; consider
ing the manner in which they "objectively" report
the news, they may as well be editorial commenta
tors. Why does the majority press have such a fascina
ion with Jackson, albeit negatively based? Why do
:hey insist upon a deeper analysis of his actions
relative to the actions of others in the political
arena? Quite simply, because he is black.
Some people of all races will insist that the media
treats all public figures in the way it treats Jackson,
whether they consider the treatment fair or not. But
the media does not treat Jackson in the same way it
treats white figures. At its simplest, the media
doesn't call a white leader a "white leader" wJtiie
Jackson is a "black leader."
Consider the coverage of Jackson's recent trip to
Central America. Congressmen, human rights organ
isers and others have made so-called "fact-finding"
missions like this,, and the press considers them
humanitarians. Jackson, however, is on a "personal
diplomacy mission," setting up a government--in-exik,"
and possibly violating the Logan Act, although
he does not claim to be negotiating in the name of
anyone. - .
Columnist lias Lerner of the LA. Tir.es had the '
audacity to say Jackson's progenitors were the
founders of the Black Power movement He ended
his column by saying, "Whatever you think cf his
views, you must first understand what he b about"
" ' Dcl'y Nzbrazkcn .
Insidious sexism
keeps capable women
on political sidelines
The other day I said the word "Negro." From time
to time that happens to me. I blush, sometimes try to
take it back, sometimes even try to explain that
"Negro" was the polite word for blacks when I was
growing up. Like many Americans, I was fed my
vocabulary, if not my prejudices, alng with my
mashed carrots in infancy.
The same Holds for my views about women. I
sometimes joke t hat my generation of men, like the
Biblical Israelites, ought to be forced to wander in
the wilderness for 40 years until we have all died
out. Our sexism is implantedf is almost genetic
the product of an upbringing and schooling over
which we had no control. As for myself, I often go to
sleep a feminist and wake up a male chauvinist pig.
None of my feminism is instinctive.
I bring this up now because the question of
whether a woman should be chosen as the Demo
cratic vice-presidential nominee is on the national
agenda at least on the covers of the news maga
zines. The arguments for it are by now well-known: A
woman would help defeat Ronald Reagan; would be
a wonderful role model for other women; and
would, not incidentally, show that America is finally
ready to renounce its sexist past.
The arguments against a woman at least the
ones being mentioned are also well-known: None
of them is qualified enough for the number two job,
not to mention the number one job in the event the
President dies or is incapacitated. They lack both
foreign policy experience and since they are
either mayors or members of the House of Repre
sentatives the politically educating experience of
running for a statewide office. I have made those
arguments myself
But then something happened. Henry Cisneros,
the mayor of San Antonio (and a Hispanic), was
mentioned as a possible vice-presidential nominee
and no one yelled and screamed about his qualifica
tions. No columnist like myself noted that Cisneros
was a mere mayor, that he had never run for state
wide office, that he, too, lacked foreign-policy expe
rience. None of that seemed to matter and not just
because Cisneros is a Hispanic, but because he is a
man.
It's too easy to say that this is raw sexism of the
kind thatwould reject any woman for any high
political office. It is sexism of a lesser, more insi
dious, variety. It doesn't hold that no woman is ever
qualified than a man for the same post.
All things being equal, men and women are never
equal. The woman must be better than the man
which helps explain why Jeane Kirkpatrick, who
has as good a foreign-policy mind as anyone in the
Reagan administration, spends her time in the
backwater of the United Nations.
IT
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Unsigned editorials represent official policy cf
the summer 1984 Daily Nebraskan. f Ite; arewriiUn
by this sumirxr's editor in chief, Lauri Hcpple.
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tuko established the UNL Publications Board to
supervise the daily production cfthe newspaper.
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Tuzzdz, July "3; 19-B4