Well, my name is Tiy... I was born and raised in Queens, New York. I moved down to Florida towards the ending of middle school... I'm a junior at UCF... I'm not really fond of the school, it's just way too big for me =/... I'm a social work major (yes, I'm one of those people that want to help the world one family at a time)... The reason why I'm in this class is because it was recommended that i take it since I want to work with mainly women and children...
Gender isn't really that important to me because my field is basically women. Yeah, there are some men in the realm of social work but, it's not that many.... Hopefully this class would open my eyes up a little to some of the gender discrepancies in my environment. In our second class meeting we were discussing the meaning of the word "feminist", and to tell you the truth, I didn't know exactly what it meant, nor could I think of any names to put the word to. I didn't know anything about the word because it was never important to me. All I knew was that it had something to do with middle class white women with long blonde hair. Those videos shown in class, in my opinion showed that my perspective of the word was halfway right. I'm not really interested in the feminist movement, whether its alive or not, just for the simple fact that i don't believe that they have my best interest in mind. Plus, when you look at the world today, yes, there are a lot of women that hold high positions, but when you look at it, there is always a man behind them. So what exactly do feminist want? I understand that they want equal social and gender justices, but at what cost?
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Tiy,
ReplyDeleteSocial worker is activism at its core. It is so important and you will do the hard work that many people don't want to see.
I agree that the video in class from the F-word to Iron Jawed Angles is mostly white. In fact, the media often doesn't show women of color connected to feminism. In that sense, it makes sense that you would imagine that those women would not have your interests at heart. You can take feminism or leave it. But, hopefully through the class your will learn about the reality of many diverse women's lives.
If you are interested in what black women have to say about feminism (beyond what we will read in class) you may want to read about Angela Davis, Audre Lord, Bell Hooks, Patrica Hill Collins. These women are fierce feminists, womanists, and advocates for the intersectional nature of women's lives.