Lakitha Tolbert
Apr 26, 2021

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There are so many parallels between racial bigotry and sexism, that the two dynamics are almost interchangeable. Regarding race, W.E.B. Dubois called this “double consciousnesss”, where you are both aware of yourself, and also aware of yourself as a separate being, in the minds of white culture. You just perfectly described this regarding women’s dissociation from their own bodies.

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Lakitha Tolbert
Lakitha Tolbert

Written by Lakitha Tolbert

(She/Her) Busybody librarian from Ohio.

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