John Baldoni writes about unfinished work concerning racial equality in the workplace, citing two studies reported by Axios and an article from HKS professor Robert Livingston.
wapppHKSJoin us this Friday for a conversation on breaking gender barriers and dynasty politics in parliamentary democracies with @smritiirani, Indian Cabinet Minister for Textiles and Women & Child Development.
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🗓 Jan. 29
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ShorensteinCtr"White Feminism is a thing, but so is anti-racist feminism," and it has been since the 19th century - @TheBarbaraSmith in conversation with Dr. Benita Roth & @Koalani calls out the existing model for building a feminist and anti-racist future. @IARA_HKS@wapppHKS
wapppHKS.@TheBarbaraSmith on the origins on the term "Identity Politics" - the term was coined for Black women to determine and direct their own political agendas based on the intersecting identities they hold. Read more on the #Combahee River collective: t.co/C0lPBde5BFt.co/5m2MztKptH
wapppHKS"Lean-in" Feminism assumes that everyone is able to become an #entrepreneur or make it to the management level. #Feminism gets defined as a white upper-class cisgender movement, and doesn't take into consideration all the issues marginalized folks have to deal with - Benita Roth
wapppHKSThe idea of #intersectionality has been mainstreamed. It is nodded to as a set of political goals. There's now an explicit category around which we might organize, think, theorize to address intersecting power structures - Benita Roth, @ShorensteinCtr@IARA_HKS@Koalani
wapppHKS.@TheBarbaraSmith: addressing white supremacy is going to have impact on marginalized genders. White supremacy is a #system, not a set of attitudes. In the US, there has never been a serious desire to address white supremacy, because many are benefiting from it @ShorensteinCtr
wapppHKS.@Koalani: Systemic racism is treated as something that can be alleviated by trainings that do not address the scope of white supremacy. What does addressing white supremacy in a holistic way do mean for marginalized genders?
wapppHKSThe #COVID19 pandemic has revealed where there are healthcare deserts in the US. The US also has no national laws around sick days, vacation days, parental leave, which makes this country a huge outlier - Dr. Benita Roth @ShorensteinCtr@Koalani
wapppHKS"Essential workers" are disproportionately poor, working class women of color. At the same time, the careers of "lean in" white feminists are made possible by people who are most disproportionately affected by the pandemic - @TheBarbaraSmith@ShorensteinCtr
wapppHKSJoin us for our Spring Seminar Series on "Gender and Politics"! We look forward to a semester-long conversation about interventions to advance gender equity in governments across the globe.
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wapppHKSHappy spring course shopping! Be sure to check out the @Harvard Gender Course Guide, which lists courses across the university with a primary or secondary focus on gender by interdisciplinary topic. t.co/xcQ5dXElXTt.co/uoA40lslek