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Naming Oppressions - Frye, Moraga, Anzaldua, Cameron, Valerio - Coggle…
Naming Oppressions - Frye, Moraga, Anzaldua, Cameron, Valerio
What is oppression?
the word oppression is hollowed out when claims to oppression are met by i'm oppressed, too. it loses value. It's like the work can't get done (pg 6, Frye)
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La Guera: calls attention to cultural values of whiteness/light-skinned; calls attention to colorism and the ways certain things (but not all) could be "easier"
we're thinking about the politics of passing; "the more effectively we could pass in the white world, the better guaranteed our future" (Moraga 23)
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each woman calls herself a feminist, but draws her feminism from the culture in which she grew--if the work is liberation from all, it is also culturally formed/informed; if we're ignoring what's being done in other culture's we're ignoring the bigger work
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