In this paper, I will do an in-depth analysis of “Sexual Violence as a Tool of Genocide,” by Andrea Smith. In doing so, I will outline her argument, briefly explaining the many theoretical views Smith uses to support her argument, such as Kimberle Crenshaw’s “intersectionality,” among others. I will then focus on a comparison of Smith’s arguments with Charles Mills and Silvia Federici. I will make connections to both Mills’ arguments in The Racial Contract concerning various bodies and their moral status, especially of subpersons versus persons, and also Federici’s arguments from Caliban and the …show more content…
concept of “white fear.” In his book Democracy in Black, Glaude define white fear as “the general frame of mind that black people are dangerous, not only to white individuals because they are prone to criminal behavior, but to the overall well-being of our society” (Glaude, pg.74). Just as blacks are viewed as a threat to society, Native women were viewed as a threat to the colonialism. Glaude also discusses how people have not tried to find a solution to white fear, but instead feels that in order to eliminate the fear we must eliminate black people. Therefore, he would argue that instead of addressing the fear of women’s threat to imperialism, society decided to eliminate the threat all together which according to Smith led to sexual violence as a tool of