User:Misanthropiic/Triple Oppression

claudia jones -
at the bottom - influence. bell hooks - one of her 10 rules for feminism is that it must center around the needs f black women and others most oppressed by our soicety and culture

Misogynoir?

In various contexts -
Black women in the Adult film industry

Black women in the film industry are often reported to be victim to all facets of the umbrella of triple oppression. With the impact of popular culture on the perceptions and representations of black women being pushed in society to depict them as "hypersexual", unkempt and subsequently, of lower value. Mirelle Miller-Young and the book "The Feminist Porn Book" discuss the effects of these misrepresentations on the ability for these women to make and maintain livelihood in a community in which they are underrepresented. She notes how black female porn actors are typically paid significantly less then their white partners and other white actors. She calls this an "exploitation of black labor", mimicking that of other facets of life. Triple oppression is able to displayed here - black women who are victim to societal stigma now prevented from advancing in terms of class and the issue of finances.

Miller-Young's arguments link to arguments of feminist Moya Bailey, who argues the systematic "hatred" of black women is based on "simultaneous and interlocking oppression" in her book, 'What is Misogynoir?' Though mainly looking at the link between race and gender, the aspect of class is something that is able to become noteworthy due to its extended consequences. She discusses how the the constant devaluing and commodification of black women and their bodies is something that has long had an affect on the community

Black women and Intersectionality

Black women experience triple oppression on a wide scale level, multiple feminists argue. Scholar Rajendra Chapagain in work titled " African American women, racism and triple oppression' states "to be black and female is to suffer from triple oppression ". Chapagain refers to sexism racism and classism.

The theory of intersectionality suggests that different aspects of a persons network and society puts them at either an advantage or disadvantage. It is able to explain many of the implications of various forms of oppression - including colonialism and slavery - on black women in different facets of life. Its systematic nature is what many argue is the cause of such widespread misrepresentation. Research by Ntombenhle Torkington entitled 'Black migrant women and health' discusses how these forms have been able to infiltrate into the sector of health for black women, noting how the correlation between oppression and treatment does exists. It also shows how because of it, they are at a clear disadvantage health wise.

This is able to be reflected in other areas of life, one of which being the class system and the exploitation of black women in industries ranging vastly. This causes further repercussions including areas like income, access to communal resources and other societal privileges, as the theory reflects. Scholar Recep, in a reading of feminist literature through triple a oppression lens, describes this as the result of the "pursuit for power".

Feminist and African-American scholar Moya Bailey argues the systematic "hatred" of black women is based on "simultaneous and interlocking oppression" in her book, 'What is Misogynoir?' Though mainly looking at the link between race and gender, the aspect of class is something that is able to become noteworthy due to its extended consequences. She discusses how the the constant devaluing and commodification of black women and their bodies is something that has long had an affect on the community