well?

if you present to me the hypothesis that structural sexism and structural racism both exist in the united states, with solutions to the racism lagging behind solutions to the sexism, then i would expect you to tell me afterwards that that structural oppression has led to less opportunities for people in that intersection.

if you were to tell me that all of this structural oppression exists, and then argue that there's a plethora of black female vp candidates to choose from, you'd be kind of contradicting yourself, wouldn't you?

the slim pickings in the field are just evidence that the hypothesis is right.

but, this isn't a vanity post. it's an important job, and it needs to go to somebody that has had those opportunities to build that experience.

if we want to make things more fair, the way to do it is to continue to ensure that opportunities are not restricted for those with specific identifiable characteristics, so they have the opportunity to build that experience for future opportunities.

the only halfways qualified candidate i've seen is susan rice, and she's terrible.