Stop turning Slutwalk into a racial issue.

[The Illusive Man]

For those who do not know, Slutwalk is a series of demonstrations against rape culture. Such was created in response to Constable Michael Sanguinetti, a Toronto Police officer, who stated that: “women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized”.

Currently active events/groups:
http://www.slutwalktoronto.com/
http://slutwalkdc.com/
http://www.slutwalkchicago.org/
http://slutwalkseattle.com/
http://ww.slutwalkminneapolis.org/
http://slutwalkdenver.tumblr.com/
http://bostonslutwalk2k11.tumblr.com/
https://twitter.com/SlutWalkNYC/
http://www.slutwalkslc.com/
http://victoriaslutwalk.com/
http://slutwalksac.webs.com/
http://www.slutwalklubbock.com/


As a historian I hate watching history repeat itself over and over again. When this happens with history as pertaining to women it is even worse, it allows for regression of civil rights. The old problem of unnecessary racial divisions within the feminist movement still exists and is still weakening the movement. As a psychologist I hate cultural incompetence, the creation of an us-them mentality due to not knowing about other cultures and associated experiences is both willful and harmful. When an organization of persons from multiple cultures exists no one culture should be dominate, the contributions and expectations of all should be addressed.


I will exemplify:

Here's the source of my ambivalence: as I read the mission statement, I was struck by the righteous indignation these women had over being called slut. While that indignation is absolutely warranted, it also feels on a visceral level as though it comes from women who are in fact not used to being fully defined by negative sexual referents.

Perhaps my cynicism reflects my own experience as a Black woman of the Hip Hop Generation in the U.S., or a Black woman who's a member of the Western World period. It goes without saying that Black women have always been understood to be lascivious, hypersexed, and always ready and willing. When I think of the daily assaults I hear in the form of copious incantations of "bitch" and "ho" in Hip Hop music directed at Black women, it's hard to not feel a bit incensed at the "how-dare-you-quality" of the SlutWalk protests, which feel very much like the protests of privileged white girls who still have an expectation that the world will treat them with dignity and respect.

YOU FOOL! It's the same problem, all of those terms carry a negative definition of terminology engrained into constant usage as applied to women on a gender basis. Racial lines are crossed.

YOU DOUBLE FOOL! The Madonna–whore complex is not qualified on basis of race, it is qualified on basis of gender!

YOU TRIPPLE FOOL! Using term "privileged white girls" you are introducing racism into the feminist movement through broad stroke interpretation, stop, you are degrading feminism to serve your own racism. “white”



Such persons define themselves by their race yet forget the struggles and methods were common throughout history. This is just more history repeated. These struggles were not private, they were in public.

Female African-American (protip not everyone classified as black was of African ancestry and/or culture) women tried to lift themselves out of poverty and rebel against social norms by singing (jazz, blues) about female sexuality and struggles. Many were obese, former sex workers and impoverished due the racism within the USA from 1900s – 1930s. Ma Rainey frowns upon your shenanigans.

Hispanic pachuquitas commonly wore short tight skirts and sheer blouses first recorded during the 1920s. Those women were not upper-class and elite, they dressed this way to combat enforced social norms.

[PosthumanHeresy]

This feels like an extension of the SJW issue. I feel like SJWs are becoming the biggest threat to social justice, because they think everything is about their pet cause.