Black Studies is a discipline that surrounds the matters on racial issues and identity politics to alleviate the pressures of Western education and culture. However, it is considerably non-inclusive of the ideologies which surround Black Women’s Studies and Black Queer Studies. According to Johnson and Henderson (as cited in Story, 2008), “Black women’s institutional work as well as their intellectual interventions in black studies departments remained understudied, devalued, or marginalized by the reigning black male theorists who decided “race” to be the proper sphere of study.” (p. 45). Moreover, although there was advocacy dedicated to the liberation and empowerment for the Black community, the Black Power movement, for instance, were deficient
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West (as cited by Harris, 2009) suggests that “African American sexuality, generally, is not looked at in a favorable light by Whites and is always seen in relation to White sexuality and how (i.e., through rape and procreation) it can best serve Whites” (p. 437). Problems surrounding sexuality are often disregarded. It is implied to not be a priority compared to issues such as racism as well as sexism that stems from those who “have absorbed the homophobia of their patriarchal slavemasters” (Clarke, 2008, p. 191). The suggestion is that the notions of homosexuality are often disfavored upon the Black community, in which this hatred has stemmed from historical occurrences. Moreover, the bias suggests a cultural issue influenced by white hegemonic culture, instead of an intrinsic …show more content…
According to Story (2008), “Black feminist politics [and Black Women’s Studies] have an obvious connection to movements for Black liberation, particularly those of the 1960s and 1970s” (p. 49). Here, it is evident that Black Women have long been supportive and fought for the liberation as Black individuals, regardless of their gender. Besides women, “many men are capable of analyzing women from a nonsexist perspective because we understand sexism is a political perspective as well as a social construct rather than an innate or biological determined consciousness” (Watkins, 2006, p. 237). In other words, discrimination and sexism inflicted by men have been learned with the association of a heteronormative society. In addition, the interconnected disciplines would progress into one that debunks the heteronormative flaws within traditional
West (as cited by Harris, 2009) suggests that “African American sexuality, generally, is not looked at in a favorable light by Whites and is always seen in relation to White sexuality and how (i.e., through rape and procreation) it can best serve Whites” (p. 437). Problems surrounding sexuality are often disregarded. It is implied to not be a priority compared to issues such as racism as well as sexism that stems from those who “have absorbed the homophobia of their patriarchal slavemasters” (Clarke, 2008, p. 191). The suggestion is that the notions of homosexuality are often disfavored upon the Black community, in which this hatred has stemmed from historical occurrences. Moreover, the bias suggests a cultural issue influenced by white hegemonic culture, instead of an intrinsic …show more content…
According to Story (2008), “Black feminist politics [and Black Women’s Studies] have an obvious connection to movements for Black liberation, particularly those of the 1960s and 1970s” (p. 49). Here, it is evident that Black Women have long been supportive and fought for the liberation as Black individuals, regardless of their gender. Besides women, “many men are capable of analyzing women from a nonsexist perspective because we understand sexism is a political perspective as well as a social construct rather than an innate or biological determined consciousness” (Watkins, 2006, p. 237). In other words, discrimination and sexism inflicted by men have been learned with the association of a heteronormative society. In addition, the interconnected disciplines would progress into one that debunks the heteronormative flaws within traditional