"All of the sudden he got really defensive and starting saying something like, "Well, what about the way white construction workers are portrayed?" And then he made another comparison about how he thought that white men were treated unfairly in media. He told me that he votes Democratic, but then said that I needed to "get some perspective". He seemed to be insinuating that he thought people made too much of sexist and racist imagery."

Good for him. Go somewhere else to drink if you don't like the atmosphere. Grow up people. You Portland-IMC people are a f-ing joke.

And if you really give a f about sexism (to say nothing of racist stereotypes) you should be getting upset about the tripe that passes for hip-hop music these days. Of course you "activists" say nothing about this garbage b/c that would be "racist". Go figure...