Saartjie Baartman

were harmful, and while what he did was wrong, he did not suffer any harmful after effects from partaking in the actions that he did. An example that helps to illustrate how hermeneutical injustice works would be the case of black women and their hypersexualization. As hermeneutical injustices has its roots in being something that is perpetuated on a structural level, it must be acknowledged that due to years of perpetration, the idea that women of color, particularly black women, can only be perceived as sexual beings. The practice of oversexualizing black women has existed for centuries. One of the key figures associated with this, was Saartjie Baartman, aka the Hottentot Venus. She was a woman of African descent, who found herself objectified and shamed due to the fact that she had large buttocks and genitalia. As time went on, Baartman would be used to define the line separating what was considered deviant and normal sexuality (Harris-Perry 57). Due to this, women of color would often find themselves the subject of excessive brutality and exploitation. This becomes an issue rooted in hermeneutical injustice, if you look at the correlation of black women to domestic violence and rape. Due to this history of structural racism, these black women find themselves at an epistemic disadvantage in that they lack the knowledge to put into words the experiences they faced, and as a result we see the always increasing stats of domestic abuse and rape in communities with high…

In 1998, during the year John Glenn became the oldest man in space at age 77, Utah county resident Darcie Jo Baum was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and marijuana. And yet, in spite of the professedly minor offenses committed, the story of Baum’s path towards felonious antiquity survives in an unimaginable atrocity, circumstances that have never ceased to halt at a singular sin. On August 4th of that same year, a native of Pleasant Grove spotted a collective colored quilt lying…

In 1998, during the year John Glenn became the oldest man in space at age 77, Utah county resident Darcie Jo Baum was arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia and marijuana. And yet, in spite of the professedly minor offenses committed, the story of Baum’s path towards felonious antiquity survives in an unimaginable atrocity, circumstances that have never ceased to halt at a singular sin. On August 4th of that same year, a native of Pleasant Grove spotted a collective colored quilt lying…

is the black woman. The most neglected person in America is the black woman,” (Who Taught You to Hate Yourself,1962) and he was correct. From significant figures like Saartjie Baartman to Nicki Minaj, society, the media, and hip hop destroys the image of black women in America by demonizing…

Just because Ms. Pearson is plus sized with a large buttocks and large breasts like Sarah Baartman does not mean that she should be treated differently. There are white women who are paying thousands upon thousands of dollars for larger breasts, larger buttocks, more fuller lips, especially the new trend that was started by Kylie Jenner, little sister of Kim Kardashian. Kylie Jenner’s new trend was to take a cup and put it around your lips to make them bigger. Black women and men have had large…

Baartman is an evidence of this prejudice in London, she was treated like a freak exhibition, and her race was cruelly exploited. This brings out the issue of racism for some of the minority groups in the community. For example, Sarah Baartrman is displayed and revealed as sexual ‘freak’ in the community she lived in. Presentation of women in this way assists in constructing an image of intensified racial segregation. Both the video and the Baartman image managed to drive the construction of…

As read in Linsfor, Saartjie was brought to London in 1810 after a deal fell through with a museum where she was put on display. Her anomalous body, from steatopygia, was in a cage for all of the British public to observe and even examine for themselves “… some of the spectators accepted this invitation by touching her rump and searching for evidence of padding or some other artifice beneath her skimpy, skin colored dress.” Unfortunately she lived in her cage traveling from festivals and fairs…

Janie Mae Crawford and Saartjie Baartman (Hottentot Venus) and how both faced being viewed as a physical spectacle of women. The author gives a vivid back story of how Saartjie Baartman lived her life. She was put on display as an object instead being seen as just another human been. It also describes how she was the representation of manipulation of the body the black woman. A woman’s body can the most powerful thing a woman can have no control of in a man’s world. With racism remaining the…

and ideas of a woman body by contrasting a piece of literature or artwork, Hottentot Venus, and Janie Marie Crawford. Hottentot Venus was known as a character, Saartjie Baartman. The author exemplifies the two characters by expressing the empowerment in a woman's body. In the article, the author uses the representation of a female body into ideas, such as freedom, justice, and creativeness. Also, following the demands of their significant others. Lee introduces a piece of artwork called…

still plagues the fashion industry as we know. As Minh-Ha T. Pham (2013) describes black bodies and their unusual assets (buttocks in this case) have been props to provide “multicultural scenery” and backdrop to shoots that laud the supremacy of Westernized beauty standards. Kardashian, though not black also comes from an ethnic background yet it is alarming that she has been selected as the representative of the black beauty. Her position in the debate further accentuates the exploitation of…