While not as strikingly beautiful as Cherry, Marcia is small and cute with dark hair. Two-Bit normally goes for Greaser blondes, but he really hits it off with Marcia because they are so much alike. They both have the 'same scatterbrained sense of humor. Hopefully this helps a bit
The most likely purpose Congresswoman Chisholm included this statement in her speech is to explain how she felt about being discriminated against not only because of her race but also because of her gender.
