Addicted to Race 77: Feminism and Women of Color
by Carmen Van Kerckhove
A brand-new episode (No. 77) of Addicted to Race is out! Addicted to Race is New Demographic’s weekly podcast about America’s obsession with race.
Carmen and Latoya discuss why women of color sometimes feel ambivalent about feminism.
Overly opinionated and a prime candidate for MAA (Media Addicts Anonymous), freelance writer and blogger Latoya Peterson lives, learns, loves, and blogs - and then wakes up each morning to do it all over again. She currently contributes to online gaming magazine Cerise, and contributes weekly posts to Racialicious.com. She is also the head of content development at www.entersoundbooth.com, and blogs about hip-hop culture as PlentyProphylactics. Latoya also maintains two blogs of her own housed through her website, www.alteregomaniacs.com. Skilled in interviewing, creative non-fiction, and editorial content, Latoya Peterson spends her time researching trends and obscure connections between topics. Current projects include Messaging in the Media (an analysis of gender messaging through magazines), a project that analyzes the global influence of hip-hop culture, and a short project on trends in manga.
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April wrote:
Excellent podcast! Thanks LaToya for discussing these important issues.
Posted 08 Aug 2007 at 10:55 am ¶
Dialectic wrote:
Hi Carmen,
(I apologize in advance if my understanding of what I describe below is inaccurate; I’ve gotten all my information through members of our site.)
I’ve just been told that you mentioned us in a podcast on the Fallout Central site. I understand that it was just a passing comment, but I think you described us as being “extreme.” I just don’t see how that’s the case. If anything, it looks to me like we’re one of the more moderate political Asian-American voices on the internet.
In any case, I’ve written my thoughts on accusations of extremism in a couple of posts you might enjoy:
http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2007/08/08/extremism-in-the-inter-racial-debate/
http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2007/08/08/extremism-in-race-perception-and-race-based-groups/
Thanks for the shout-out, and keep up the good work!
–D., F44s
Posted 08 Aug 2007 at 11:42 pm ¶
latinamericanprinces wrote:
Gender roles is a favorite topic of mine. It’s my primary argument against many of the Dutch around me who are convinced that because “women are (legally) equal now” there’s nothing left to do. I have to constantly hear “how men and women are different” (in other words “women are supposed to act a certain way and men another way”).
This article from IPS is about Argentina, but how do our so-called modern Western nations stand in respect to this?
http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=38830
P.S. while many Dutch are no longer practicing or affiliate with Christianity, the Protestant/Christian view point is still blatantly dominant as seen from this outsider’s point of view.
Latoya, good connection between Christianity and gender roles!!
Last week I read an article about a historian who published a book in which he makes a connection between some African matrilinear traditions and modern single motherhood (i.e. black male irresponsibility). I can’t remember where, but if I find it I’ll send it on. The article found some of the historians arguments dubious (I really need to find it!), but Christianity did have a major impact on the cultural traditions of those forced into slavery or oppressed in colonies.
P.P.S. I think it is funny that women are supposed to be “weaker” but yet also be “super woman” (i.e Clair Huxtable). I have to admit though, I have high expectations in the other direction.
Posted 09 Aug 2007 at 7:05 am ¶
Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:
Hey Dialectic,
Thanks for your note!
If I used the word “extreme” it was in reference to the views held by certain individuals who participate on forums like fighting44s or yellowworld. I don’t think I would characterize web sites themselves as “extreme.”
Just as there are commenters on Racialicious whom I’d characterize as holding views that are “extreme” and do not necessarily reflect those of me, or this site’s contributors.
But I’ll have to go back and listen to what I said. If I gave the wrong impression, I apologize!
Take care,
Carmen
Posted 09 Aug 2007 at 10:40 am ¶