not based on facts.

I appreciate what you're trying to do, but this is just as stupid as the other little escapade on the rec list.

It really isn't getting us anywhere. Why don't we just say racism and sexism are bad things and fight them both? (I know you're writing this in response to another diary, but still.)

Thank you for the diary. This is the TRUTH. Those in here are using race to justify why HRC has failed.

She failed because she ran a terrible campaign and was against the superior candidate.

That's the trurh.

Other than Alberta Fujimori former president of Peru, I can't think of a racial minority who was democratically elected to the highest office of their native country. (I don't consider South Africa before 1989 as being democratic).

That said, the question is whether racism or sexism is easier to overcome. The question is not which is deeper, worse or the bigger problem. Sometimes, we tackle the bigger problems before the smaller problems.

Racism and sexism may also be expressed differently. For example, Blacks may have a tougher time becoming a CEO of a large company than a white woman(Which appears to be true)but domestic abuse against women may be more prevalent than against men. So the comparisons may not be so easy.

Both are wrong.  Both need to be stopped.  Both manifest themselves in different but insidious ways.

To say that one great evil is greater than another misses the point that they are both very evil.

That is like saying we should stop this genocide in country X because 4000000 people will die but not stop that genocide in country Y because only 3500000 will die.

Both are bad!

(note this comment is from a white middle class derived male)

Women are over half of the world population.  The number of women who have held a position of power such as you describe is pitiful in comparison.  In most 1st world countries, black people do not have the representation that would assure that they have an even chance at being elected to a high office. I believe that in the US it is something like 12 percent of people are AA. Beside the fact that I am not sure that South Africa is not a first world country, however you are defining it.  Is the prime minister there not black? If you are calling European or western countries 1st world, then it goes to figure that there would be less chance of a black president in those countries.  

this is as unhelpful as that other diary. Racism and sexism work in different ways, and any comparison as to their respective impact is inherently demeaning to the victims of either.

But of course, your diary is not going to rise to the top of the rec list like the other one, a fact which makes me cringe.

supports the fact that racism is embedded in our society to a greater extent than sexism even if sexist words are more commonly used.

With all due respect, I disagree with your diary.

Women make up more than half the world and make up 54% of the U.S. voting public. Afrian Americans make up about 19% of the votes in America and while I do not know the actual numbers worldwide - it is not over half the planet.

Women (and children) are the victims of more crimes in the U.S. and worldwide.

Both racism and sexism are difficult to overcome. But to state that it is more of a quantum leap having an african american for pres than a woman is simply ignoring half the planet.