The kind of oppression and circumstances that Afghan women and Black women face are completely different. This sort of glib comparison - from a senior diplomat, that too - is really the epitome of American exceptionalism (defining your country's experiences as universal and being unable to comprehend the idea that they might not be so)
snoofling t1_j93qw6q wrote
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The kind of oppression and circumstances that Afghan women and Black women face are completely different. This sort of glib comparison - from a senior diplomat, that too - is really the epitome of American exceptionalism (defining your country's experiences as universal and being unable to comprehend the idea that they might not be so)