this is undeniably right:
"Hillary faced sexism but Obama faced racism;"

this is undeniably wrong:
"thus racism and sexism cancelled each other out and we got a fair contest."

actually, we got a hideous mess of racism and sexism that totally detracted from the real and serious issues facing the country.
racism and sexism fed off of each other, leading Dems who knew better to behave shamefully. SOME Clinton supporters did and said vile racist things. SOME Obama supporters excused the most obvious and vile sexism. it should ahve been our greatest moment, instead it was one of the worst displays of bigotry from DEMOCRATS this country has seen since the parties realigned on race in the 60's and 70's.

thanks to the diarest for this diary. i don't totally agree with them, i think we need to address racism and sexism head on, but i appreciate their attempts to unify.