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Old 30-01-2014, 12:48 AM #23
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Originally Posted by Zee View Post
Yeah true... obviously the statistics are what they are but I think it's down to the casting and not any kind of mass public -ist/-phobic attitude that's stopped us from having a female final two/black woman win/[anything]. You can't force the public to warm to people if they don't want to.
There are definite racist/sexist undertones. Not explicitly "I refuse to vote for ___ because they are <black/a woman/all of the above>" but the public is much more judgmental of anyone of color or with a vagina.
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