And I keep coming back to how in "Becoming Human: Matter and Meaning in an Antiblack World",
Zakiyyah Iman Jackson, citing Hortense Spiller, writes how Black women have ALWAYS been precariously included in the category of womanhood and can be excluded and included at any moment. 1/
And…
Zakiyyah Iman Jackson, citing Hortense Spiller, writes how Black women have ALWAYS been precariously included in the category of womanhood and can be excluded and included at any moment. 1/
And…
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Walmart called the police on a cis-woman using the women's bathroom.
Even after proving she's a woman, "one deputy continued to question her appearance, insisting she 'looked like a man.'"
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Even after proving she's a woman, "one deputy continued to question her appearance, insisting she 'looked like a man.'"
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Anti-blackness is baked into all of this, even creation of these categories (sex and gender) in the first place (Zakiyyah Iman Jackson).
Lighter Black men and darker Black women show how race impacts perception of gender role.
Clothing plays a part & techology enables more scrutiny (hormones, chromosomes).