i am peeved.

i cannot stand it when authors act as though african-americans are and have been the only racial or ethnic minorities who have experienced oppression in the history of the united states. it is just plain ignorant. if you choose african-americans as a specific case study, i respect that. that’s cool. you have to narrow things down sometimes–only study poverty as it affects women, or language policies as they affect immigrants–but when you’re speaking more generally, then you can’t justify excluding other groups.

~ by ladydoctorintechnicolor on October 28, 2009.