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[–]Thatstealthygal 57 insightful - 1 fun57 insightful - 0 fun58 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

Intersectionalism is a black feminist thing and it is very important. Hijab being a choice is not an intersectionalist position. Intersectionalism merely identifies multiple nodes of oppression alongside the one we all share, ie being women, and asks us to take those things into consideration.

[–]medium_tomato[S] 42 insightful - 2 fun42 insightful - 1 fun43 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

I understand that you might have different issues than I have in my culture in regards to your gender roles but it honestly just sounds like oppression olympics tbh. It would be so much better to address the issues of black women without fracturing the whole feminist movement.

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    [–]medium_tomato[S] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (7 children)

    Your reply is exactly what I'm talking about here. First of all "white" is subjective, to begin with... I'm freaking Jewish, I am white by your standards but not white by a lot of other people's. And you don't know anything about me, what kind of culture I come from originally, etc. My parents and I came to a new country to avoid prejudice. You are the person speaking to some made-up white female strawman. I also never said or thought that people should minimize their backgrounds. If anything, you are minimizing a lot of "white" women's backgrounds by lumping in white. Go try that with Asians and see how they like it when you say Indian women's experience is the same as Japanese. This is what I mean when I say that this kind of racial intersectionalism is hurting all of us.