Word: genderism
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...Sunday night's meeting, members questionedCampbell about the lack of gender and ethnicdiversity among the candidates...
...face of such criticism, Hoermann standsby the Bee as one of the few places on campuswhere women can feel a sense of single-sexcamaraderie. But while few question the importanceof a support network for females on campus, manyquestion whether gender is the only prerequisitefor membership...
...what about the gender aspect of it? We haven't come as far as we should on the role of women in America. Monica is a woman in the path of a male agenda. The question I continually have to ask myself is Why is she the target rather than a key witness? What great purpose is served if she is indicted and jailed? What great national catharsis will we feel? And at what price...
...Because individuals matching this profile have traditionally dominated our community, APAs who don't fit so well have too often been asked to stand aside, to let their concerns be subsumed by the greater cause of group solidarity. Simply put, many APA activists have prioritized race over oppressions of gender, class, and sexuality, effectively silencing those who might question the terms of this "racial solidarity." As Jian Wan Chen's story illustrates, this silencing comes with heinous consequences...
Does this mean that Jian Wan Chen's status as an Asian sister is negligible when weighed against the call to stand in solidarity with "the race," a call that implies and obscures the privileging of a particular gender? What about the Asian American lesbian and sweatshop workers: should they also subordinate their concerns and silence themselves in solidarity with "the race...