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THE PRIVILEGE OF COMING OUT: RACE, CLASS, AND LESBIANS' MOTHERING…
THE PRIVILEGE OF COMING OUT: RACE, CLASS, AND LESBIANS' MOTHERING DECISIONS
Coming out
differences in ethnicity and economic standing can change a communities disposition towards homosexuality
Economic background
Middle Class
Allow for more flexibility and less scrutiny. excommunication more rare. family tends to be more accepting
working class
Less flexibility and more scrutiny. in general reactions to coming out are neutral to severed relations. rely more on community connections and have more to lose from losing them.
Ethnicity
Latina
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these communities tend to have a don't ask don't tell policy. as long as they keep silent about this part of them they have peace.
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Black
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historical racial injustices and the stigmatization of sexuality towards black women caused black people to try to appeal to a more acceptable form of sexuality and follow more puritan beliefs.
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Involves many risks. These risks include losing family, religious community, ethnic community, and others.
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Compulsory Heterosexuality: the idea that heterosexuality is the norm so in all interactions it's seen as the norm and is enforced.
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Settler colonialism: The process of making a group of indigenous people invisible by the vanishing of the indigenous group then following the idea that the non indigenous group is the original inhabitant
Tokenization: superficial gesture of inclusion. one person can be called upon to represent all of their group.
can result in a person feeling pressured to be the teacher for their group when they aren't credentialed or qualified.
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invisibility
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non indigenous POC's people often neglect to mention indigenous people when having dialogue about racial issues
simple things like asking "when did your family immigrate to Canada?" can make indigenous people feel invisible because it implies everybody is an immigrant disregarding the existence of indigenous people.
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