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• 1 2020-10-21T14:32:30-07:00 The intersectionality of Let's Talk Wellesley 4 plain 2020-10-21T14:55:59-07:00 Intersectionality was a major topic discussed in my Interview with Chloe Cator. Unfortunately, I could not fit our discussion of it into the 5 minute video, but it is a big part of the Let’s Talk group and worth displaying. In the interview, I brought up Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw’s Ted Talk about intersectionality. We discussed the idea that When something doesn’t perfectly fit into a movement like women's rights or black lives matter, when it intersects two or more issues, we tend to ignore or ostracize that person or issue instead of seeking justice. Rather than broadening the frame of discrimination, we ignore the injustice of others. Chloe said that this was a reason she talked to the other leaders of Let’s Talk about “broadening the groups horizons”. She explained how the original idea for Let’s Talk was to have meetings solely discussing racial issues, but, as conversations unfolded, they realized issues like ableism, homophobia, and sexism, affects people in the black community, and to have holistic conversations they needed to have discussions focused on these issues.
  

  This is a post from the Let’s Talk Instagram page that was accompanied by the caption : ”This week we are collaborating with GLOW, SET and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. They have created a survey to ask questions or to share an experience anonymously.”

  This is a post from the Let’s Talk Instagram page that was accompanied by the caption : ”Black women matter. Black women have historically been over-sexualized and fetishized. Stemming from the myth, that Black women had an insatiable appetite for sex, that was used to justify the rape of enslaved Black women. This portrayal that all Black women and girls were these sexually promiscuous “Jezebels” continued through the 20th century. Now this hyper-sexualization of Black women comes in the form of the stereotypes that all Black women are “thick” with large butts and breasts and can twerk. The fetishization of Black women is disgusting. They are not for your consumption, their hair is not an invitation to touch them, they are not animals at a petting zoo, they are not here for you to play with. They are humans who deserve to be heard, respected, valued, and protected.” The group also had a later discussion that dove into the topic of sexual assault.