" Class and the Politics of Writing "

This chapter from the book truly made me want to go and buy the book. Some of my classmates find it that the author is playing the " race card ". Which is very shocking to be part of a group of people that believe this. Sure she blamed the people that were in charge of publishing books which at the time been white folks. And even if the book itself was published in 1999 doesn't mean the events that took place were in 1999. Me myself don't believe that she is playing this so called "race card ". She is just defending herself and stating that the people that run the publishing of books are white people, and to be exact white men. So i don't believe this is a racial thing, but more of a sexist way of doing things. According to the author, many women were turned down because they simply were women, not because of their race or their sexuality just simply for their gender. Even though this happen centuries ago women are still treated this way. They don't get the same job tittle as a male, they don't get paid the same as a male and so on. Like in this article by the Boston Globe, http://www.bostonglobe.com/magazine/2014/09/23/why-fans-ignore-women-pro-sports/A37CAUWxMv0cvF5xkkAe1J/story.html. The article not only states why people ignore the sports that women play but also how they are pretty much pushed to the side from the media most of the time. I just think society needs to step it's game up because there are still racist and sexist people around, and it's not going to change any time soon.