I chose this blog because the recent events that have taken place in Cairo have greatly struck my interest. Also, I have found that the most interesting part of this Women’s Studies course was learning about racism and that feminists find it very important to involve women of any race in their activism. Bill Maher’s comments took away from the fact that Lara Logan was hurt by a sexual assault, and he made the issue a matter of racism. He referred to Middle Eastern men as being less than us, and he rhetorically asked his audience, “What’s wrong with saying that?” All I want to know is what isn’t wrong with his statement. Bill Maher purposefully ignored the sexual assault case to demonstrate that Americans are not as sexist as men of the Middle East. I can’t tell is he was being more racist or sexist in this TV clip, but I do know that he truly has the “Western Eye”.
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