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Thanks for responding, WS. All I would say is, just because "everyone's doing it" doesn't mean something's not patriarchal, infantilizing, and dumb.
During slavery, a Black person was only addressed by their first name, if that. Because of internalization of oppression (and, oh, the fact that white folks robbed them of their family names), that was the norm and it took a lot of struggle to get out of that habit. Just because it was deeply rooted didn't make it okay.
What I was asking was that Salon take a step outside of the mainstream and show some respect to a presidential candidate who certainly deserves at least some.
