Posted on 11/05/2023 3:21:13 PM PST by Libloather
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, could be under heavy fire for an audio recording of her alleged profanity-laced tirade towards a staffer because she is a woman of color, a new report suggests.
The Houston Chronicle pondered if the representative is getting more backlash for the recording because she is a Black woman.
The reporter quoted experts who said women of color have been held to higher standards than men, suggesting that if Jackson Lee was a man, she would not be on the receiving end of such backlash.
Texas newspaper Current Revolt published audio it obtained of Jackson Lee berating one of her staffers over a task that included profane language.
In one instance of the exchange, an angry voice purported to be the lawmaker's said, "When I called Jerome, he only sits up there like a fat [expletive], just talking about what the [expletive] he doesn’t know. Both of y’all are [expletive]-ups… This is the worst [expletive] that I could’ve ever had put together. Two [expletive] big [expletive] children. [Expletive] idiots. Serve no [expletive] purpose."
Following public outcry at the recording, Jackson Lee expressed regret for the audio.
The Houston Chronicle article began with an anecdote about University of Houston Professor Nancy Sims playing Jackson Lee’s audio to students in her "women and politics" class. Sims asked her students, "Would you have the same reaction if it was a man?"
"Sims said some of her students thought the audio's release was just a ‘dirty trick’ played on Jackson Lee, while others thought no boss should speak to their staff like that. And a few said their reaction to the recording would likely have been less strong had Jackson Lee been a man," the Chronicle wrote.
Other experts said the audio is another example of women in politics...
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One definition of vixenish I found was “Shrewish and malicious.”
Surely that one fits!
Yes but the other two a female fox and informally a sexually attractive woman don’t. So I was referring to um the informal one. :)
Gee, I didn’t know she could spell expletive.
Understood.
Perhaps there is a better single-word description we could use to characterize her?
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