The readings for this week were very thought provoking and interesting. I particularly liked the Crenshaw article outlining the differential treatment that black women receive in the court system. Apparently there's not a place in our system for the intersection of race and gender. It's either a race issue (male standard) or a gender issue (white standard).
The introduction of the Delgado article brought back some memories for me. In the intro, they ask you to consider some situations and then consider the same situations as if you were a person of color. I remember my first real experience being a minority. I had just left Utah after high school and moved to Washington DC - Anacostia SW. I was stationed there with my AmeriCorps NCCC group. We had been warned that Anacostia was one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in the country and had the highest murder rate per capita than any other area in the country. But we were there to save the world, why would anyone hurt us? :) The first trip to the grocery store was amazing for me. I was the only white person in the store and heard people telling their kids to stay away from me. I got dirty looks and people that I interacted with made all kinds of assumptions about me. It was a very isolating experience. While I cannot compare my (white privledged) experience to a lifetime of prejudice, I feel like I got a (very) small taste of what that may be like.
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