5/22/08 Meria interviews Jean Hardisty, Political Scientist and Anisha Desai - Executive Director of Women of Color Resource Center - topic : Bush’s insane marriage initiatives aimed at lower income women of color; Jean authored “Pushed to the Altar, the Right Wing Roots of Marriage Promotion”; rights policy towards women; the “christian” rights solution; who are Women of Color Resources; economic justice and human rights; womens rights movement predominently white; marriage promotion policies - can they eliminate poverty? Is racism a thing of the past? the right’s segregationist roots; barriers to marriage for low income people; Clinton’s welfare “reform” - child exclusion policies are immoral; skullduggery reporting on poverty statistics; Obama’s rhetoric on marriage; what about jobs, education, health care, etc? TANF where’s it going? grinding an ideological ax; funding religious organizations; the fatherhood movement; black marriage day? and more.
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