Micro Reflection Of Gendered Racism
As discussed in the micro-reflection, gendered racism is one of the most challenging types of discrimination to combat. My micro-reflection of “gendered racism exploits the intersectionality of multiple minority identities. How can we mute its effects?” alludes the article I read about the multiple layers of discrimination against Black Muslim women. However, I believe that the gendered racism is actively practiced on a day-to-day basis. Recently, the inauguration of President Trump in the United States of America has catalysed a global initiative known as the Women’s March, which according to Lapowsky, was a protest to protect policies regarding human rights and minority activism. Therefore, I argue that the Women’s March acts a symbol
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In the article titled the “Enervation of Black Muslim Women”, the author writes on how women of multiple identities have greater challenges in the society than others. She writes that “Black Muslim women’s Islamic values are called into question as they are depicted as being more loyal to feminism than to Islam, more loyal to Blackness than to the universal ummah, and more loyal to feminism than to Blackness”. Indeed, it is a complicating web of intersecting values and minorities. I believe that gendered racism directly exploits these intersections because the discrimination against women of color are two-fold. That being stated, on one hand, women of color are discriminated upon due to their gender, and on the other, they are stereotyped and labelled due to the color of their skin. Dissimilar to a ‘White’ male, these women suffer from the intersection of their cultures and gender. Therefore, I am of the mind that if feminism is not intersectional, it only furthers the prejudice against women of colour, all the while preserving White
In the article titled the “Enervation of Black Muslim Women”, the author writes on how women of multiple identities have greater challenges in the society than others. She writes that “Black Muslim women’s Islamic values are called into question as they are depicted as being more loyal to feminism than to Islam, more loyal to Blackness than to the universal ummah, and more loyal to feminism than to Blackness”. Indeed, it is a complicating web of intersecting values and minorities. I believe that gendered racism directly exploits these intersections because the discrimination against women of color are two-fold. That being stated, on one hand, women of color are discriminated upon due to their gender, and on the other, they are stereotyped and labelled due to the color of their skin. Dissimilar to a ‘White’ male, these women suffer from the intersection of their cultures and gender. Therefore, I am of the mind that if feminism is not intersectional, it only furthers the prejudice against women of colour, all the while preserving White