What is with all the men? All white men, except for President Obama
| By Jill Miller Zimon - Jan 22nd, 2009 at 2:02 pm EST |
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Categories: Civil Rights and Equality, Social Justice, African-American Issues, Women's Issues, Front Page
Categories: Civil Rights and Equality, Social Justice, African-American Issues, Women's Issues, Front Page
From the Huffington Post, "DAY 2: ERASING BUSH'S FOREIGN POLICIES President Signs Order to Close Guantanamo Bay"
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This photo was multiple times larger on HuffPo than it is here and it had NO TEXT with it except for the headline.
HOWEVER, apparently, all the individuals in the room are retired four star generals who broke ranks to work to close Gitmo and it's believed that this was to be a symbolic gesture on the president's part.
While I appreciate that context, the fact is, it almost highlights even more just how gender and race exclusive that level of power was in the military to white men only.
I'd like to see such images become obsolete in that there's no segment in society that can't be diverse in gender, race etc.
Likewise, as someone pointed out to me, there were more than just these 16 who pressed tirelessly for the closure. But they're not exactly represented either.
My first comment was going to be, "Don't ask, I won't tell." But that would not have been constructive.
Peace