juxtapositions.

my good friend (in real life) maya, over at smart aches wrote up a nice little post. I'm not sure if she actually wrote it herself, but knowing her internal genius and out-ternal "take no sh*t" persona....I would guess she wrote it. Within, she dissects some of today's cultural bias within American society. 

a few examples:

Black teen pregnancies? A "crisis" in black America. White teen pregnancies? A "blessed event."

If you grow up in Hawaii you're "exotic." Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you're the quintessential "American story."

If you are a Democratic male candidate who is popular with millions of people you are an "arrogant celebrity." If you are a popular Republican female candidate, you are "energizing the base."

If you manage a multi-million dollar nationwide campaign, you are an "empty suit." If you are a part time mayor of a town of 7000 people, you are an "experienced executive."

If you teach abstinence only in sex education, you get teen parents. If you teach responsible age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.

If you are a younger male candidate who thinks for himself and makes his own decisions you are "presumptuous." If you are an older male candidate who makes last minute decisions you refuse to explain, you are a "shoot from the hip" maverick.

that's all I'm giving you. You'll have to boost her numbers to see the rest.

Well said master ninja.

UPDATE: She did not write it....but she was genius enough to bring it to light. Well done master ninja.