I just watched this news report on a terrible case in which Ikenna Njoku, a man from Auburn WA, tried to cash a cheque at Chase bank and ended up in jail (a full transcript is available here). I thought the news report might offer an interesting example of shielding the white viewing public from [...]
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Shielding the Privileged to Protect Ignorance
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“Women choose not to contribute in equal amounts to society as men do”
Posted in Feminism, Masculinities, Sexism and Gendered Norms, tagged Autonomy and Relational Autonomy, Relationships, Responsibility on July 10, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Wow, this is terrible. It really shows how when we are looking at relational and structural problems an individualistic explanation can just lead you so awry. Notice how all of the blame is placed on women themselves. At about minute 1:00 we hear that women have “equal opportunities” and “equal rights wherever they go” yet ”women [...]
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