Obama's Indonesian Nanny
Today Yahoo! News published a story about Obama's nanny who took care of him as a young boy growing up in Indonesia...here is the headline:
The writer of this article, it seems, almost wants to put the blame on Obama for reasons why his former nanny is living in misery. Will people not vote for Obama, and vote for someone else, based on the current living conditions of his former nanny? Or will people read this article properly, and note that the writer depicts the average conditions of a poor transwoman in Indonesia? Will people read this article, and wonder if it is as bad as this for American transpeople--especially the poor and uneducated? Will people read this article, and demand that Muslim countries treat their queer populations with dignity and respect?
Will Oprah Winfrey rescue poor Evie? What about Ellen DeGeneres? What about a transgender rights group? How many people rescued the former slave nannies of previous presidents, and would they have done so if their stories had been made public?
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