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First it was Soho, and now it's Chicago.
Racism has been superimposed on the abortion debate in a major way. It's a clever marketing ploy, playing off of the strong emotions people have in response to racism in hopes of hitching the pro-life stance to those same feelings. What has people upset is the question of authenticity - is there real concern for this community, or is this campaign exploiting African-Americans to further its agenda?
The divisions between issues are never clear and are never neat. However, I feel that the hijacking of an ISM to push a discussion of an issue like abortion is dangerous territory. This tactic plays on peoples' emotions and trivializes the ISM, impeding on the space where it can be discussed earnestly.
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