Race, Class, and Gender
in America and Beyond...
This, however, creates a chain of denial—many feminists who focus on reproductive rights do not value the contributions of sex workers to their movement, and many sex worker rights advocates who focus on bodily autonomy do not value the particular issues faced by people who do sex work because of coercion or dire economic circumstances.
“First we oppress them, then we get mad if they say they’re oppressed and then when they say they were a part of American history, we deny them.”
Georgetown sociologist Michael Eric Dyson, on denying the histories of people of color, in American public schools.
Once a week on “Family Day”, malls in Qatar are only open to certain people. Undercover Jim heads to Villagio in Doha to investigate.
And let’s be honest, these types of buffoonish “brownface” stereotypes would not be permitted if it were any other minority group. What would the reaction be if a white actor in blackface mocked African-American culture? Or if an actor of Arab heritage pitched a movie about the leader of a fictitious Jewish state in which he would portray the Jewish leader and showcase the worst stereotypes of Jews? Is there any chance that film would get the green light from a Hollywood studio?
L.A. Artist Plants Cardboard Cutouts of Migrant Workers Around Beverly Hills. Nobody Notices.
Modeling is a lot like having a fight. Once you’re about to start fighting you just got your skills. I guess it’s like riding a bike, right? That’s the better analogy. It’s like riding a bike.
Shit Men Say to Men Who Harass Women
Free speech as a legal concept only guarantees you the right to speak. It doesn’t guarantee you the right to be heard, it doesn’t guarantee you the right to be agreed with, it certainly doesn’t guarantee you the right for your speech to not be challenged by someone else’s speech, and most importantly of all, it doesn’t mean you can’t suffer consequences if and when your free speech is used to cause harm to someone. Which is exactly what sexual harassment, racial slurs, and verbal bigotry are. That’s not censorship. That’s fairness.
“A look at street harassment through the stories of Woman of Color and their strategies for self defense and self determination. Made by Inés Ixierda, a member of the Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project.”
