Xenophobia and racism against members of the AANHPI community during COVID-19; a new online course on white supremacy; the long history of weaponizing of women’s hair.
Today at Ms. | July 1, 2020
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Pandemic’s Racial Disparities Require Government Action
BY VANUYEN PHAM | “Identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander in the United States means facing xenophobia and racism…COVID-19 has not only re-surfaced this discrimination, but has also highlighted other inequities within Asian American communities.”
White Supremacy in the Trump Era: A New Online Course with Loretta Ross
BY CARRIE N. BAKER | Drawing on Black feminist theory, iconic reproductive justice activist Loretta Ross is teaching an online course on white supremacy, focused on the connections between racism and misogyny. "I will be teaching white supremacy through the feminist lens of love," Ross told Ms.
Tools of the Patriarchy: The Weaponization of Hair
BY GAVI KLEIN & AUDREY GIBBS | "Telling women what they must or must not do with their hair—whether that be the color, texture, quantity or location of it—is just another way women’s agency over their own bodies is controlled. The list of requirements for women’s hair is longer than Rapunzel’s locks."
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