Woman = White, Black = Man

I am really pleased to have come across this article online which reminded me of the weird feeling I had during the Clinton-Obama duel over which one would eventually become the presidential candidate for the Democrats.

Obviously, I somehow successfully supressed it...I certainly didn't blog about it.
Yet, in the blog article linked above (I'm also adding the sister's blog to my favourite links on the right) Aishah Shahidah Simmons sums that weird feeling up so beautifully in one sentence: "I’m struck by the fact that in 2008, woman is still equated with White and African-American is equated with man…"

I remember reading articles and participating in discussions which invariably some contributor would state: "Obama has the Black vote, Hillary has the women's vote" and I would be mystified.
I mean - what kind of statement is that? And right now, I am remembering it was a Black woman who said it.

Being a Black Woman is obviously still a strange phenomena...