re: #367 wrenchwench

A guy I used to work for just came in to ask me for a job, because the city laid him off from one of his half-jobs. I’m not hiring, which he probably knew before he got here. The irony didn’t hit me until he left. When I went into the shop where he (and his partner) hired me (in 1995), he said, ‘I always wanted to hire a female!’ That’s certainly a nice sentiment in the bicycle industry, but I didn’t like the way he expressed it.

When I read this, it made me think about Obama’s election. I didn’t vote for him because he’s black, but it was cool voting for a black man. In the same way, I’m not supporting Clinton because she’s a woman, but it will be cool voting for a woman.