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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ever since Jada was quoted in an article saying she can't relate to white women I've detested her. She's just ridiculous and her lack of self awareness is hilarious. She was raised wealthy and married a multimillionaire yet she pretends to be "street" merely for show. She and her crazy husband have ruined their kids. [/quote]

How do they pretend to be street? [b]Also when you hear Oscar speeches like Patricia Arquette's about wage inequality[/b] that are clearly intended to advocate for white women I can't blame Jada if she feels disconnected. [/quote]

Patricia Arquette's speech "'To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer and citizen of this nation, we have fought for everybody else’s equal rights. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all and equal rights for women in the United States of America.'"

I don't get it. Where did she say "except black women and Jada Pinkett Smith"?[/quote]

The reason why it's primarily advocating for white women is because for minority women, there are so many employment-related issues that are far more important. Minorities are far more likely to work minimum-wage jobs (or just barely above), where wage equality means raising their pay perhaps a dollar an hour, but still ultimately doesn't provide them with a living wage. They're also far more likely to hold jobs that don't get PTO or have any scheduling flexibility, so they're the ones who are more likely to lose their jobs because their kid got sick or their childcare fell through. People in those positions would benefit far more from focusing not on wage equality, but on increasing the minimum wage, providing greater benefits and job security to all employees, creating more affordable quality child care, etc. White women are more likely to already have these things, and thus to have the luxury, in a sense, of arguing over wage equality. It's not to say that wage equality isn't an important and meaningful goal, it's just that if you looked at the needs of women as a whole, there are other issues that could have a far greater impact. But those aren't the issues of white women with the resources to organize and advocate, so they fall by the wayside in favor of what white women will benefit from.[/quote]

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