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Beyond Whiteness: Why We Need Black Feminism
09/08/2025
Beyond Whiteness: Why We Need Black Feminism
Co-hosts LaRen and Akanksha introduce Black Feminist theorists, internalized racism, colorism, and and invite reflection and action at the intersection of gendered racism and childhood development. See below for more information on topics discussed in today's episode: Key Terms: Black Feminism: a movement that focuses on Black women’s interconnected experiences of racism, sexism, and classism which causes their experiences, needs, and worldviews to be different from Black men and White women - from: The National Museum of African American History, “” the way in which multiple forms of inequality or oppression (such as racism, sexism, classism, ableism, heterosexism and more) can intersect and create unique different modes of discrimination or disadvantage Colorism: a skin tone stratification system privileging lighter-skinned people of color with more proximity to European features over their darker-skinned people Research Sojourner Truth Project - The Truth of the Famous 'Ain’t a Woman' Speech - Doll Experiment - Maime and Kenneth Clark - - Colorism and Betrayal Trauma - - . News/Media CBS segment on 'MGA Only Sell Bratz as a Four Pack' – MGA vs. Mattel – Toys We gratefully acknowledge, Kevin MacLeod's (incompetech.com) music, "Basic Implosion" featured in our intro! Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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