Senator Dianne Feinstein's career was filled with firsts, including first woman mayor of San Francisco and one of two of the first women elected to the U.S. Senate from California.

Senator Dianne Feinstein’s career was filled with firsts, including first woman mayor of San Francisco and one of two of the first women elected to the U.S. Senate from California.

  • Refurbished Refurbisher
    -3•1 year ago

    Race and gender should be irrelevant in politics. The only thing that should matter in the end are policies, since that is what affects the constituency.

    Race and gender now are used as distractions to make people think that someone is more progressive than they really are.

    You can still be corrupt if you are a black woman.

      • @[email protected]
        0•1 year ago

        It’s a fair point to say race/gender aren’t the most important type of representation. There’s a whole lot of white men in Congress, and as a white man I don’t feel particularly “represented” by Tuberville or Gaetz

      • Refurbished Refurbisher
        -3•1 year ago

        Yes, and race and gender don’t play a factor in the policies that are voted for.

        You take money from big donors? You will represent those big donors regardless of race, gender, etc.

    • a lil bee 🐝
      1•1 year ago

      This viewpoint is simplistic to the point of losing all sense. As another commenter pointed out, representation is the entire point of a republic. Countries have split and wars have been fought over this exact point. Hell, the United States only exists at all because of it.

      Race and gender start to matter as soon as they become significant factors in our laws and that has been a constant from day one. I don’t care how much you think you know, you do not fully understand the perspective of someone with a radically different life than your own, because of what they have faced due to their race, gender, or any other distinguishing factor. They deserve representation so that their perspective is heard and factored into the laws that govern them.

      This is the basis of what a republic is. You can’t take race and gender out. You can only over represent your own and ignore others while patting yourself on the back like you solved it. It’s intellectual, moral, and legal cowardice.