Person of color

For my Final project in WS, I have chosen to talk about the oppression of women, and women of color. To narrow more in on the topic, I have chosen to discuss the oppression of women in the work force and all the different forms of oppression women face. Oppression is defined as, “A situation in which people are governed in an unfair and cruel way and prevented from having opportunities and freedom,” (dictionary.cambridge.org). Oppression can be caused by many different things. People can feel oppressed

feminism. Concepts of gender have a huge effect on people’s lives as some of the gender concepts are not easy to talk about. Concepts of gender have a greater effect on some people them other. The effect that they have on a person really depends on where within in gender concepts a person falls. The societal norms of gender have lifelong effects on people especially those that are oppressed by societal gender concepts. Even those who are feminist and are fighting for equality face their oppression for their

free women of color were highly skilled seamstresses, hairdressers, and cooks while some owned property and kept boarding houses. Some of them were planters before and after the Civil War and owned slaves. Although shocking and incomprehensible to many people today, the fact that some free people of color owned slaves must come to light. Discrimination While financial prosperity was common, discrimination was also. Although business was performed between whites and Creoles of color in public houses

fixity and ordinariness of racism as experienced by people of color who are often rendered as non-citizen subjects by society today. Many of the poems are structured around the daily forms of racism that many people of color experience. The poems remind us of the multiple ways black bodies have been and continue to be assaulted—even in ways that are not observed by the media. The irony of those who oppose the killing of people of color is that members of the same public perpetuate many of the racial

(Crenshaw, 357). Crenshaw explains that the personal experiences of women of color cannot be fully understood by looking at race or gender discrimination as two separate factors, but in fact can be understood if both aspects are looked at together. When race and gender are examined separately, this causes for women of color to be “erased”. Crenshaw says, “ And so, when the practices expound identity as “woman” or “person of color” as an either/or proposition, they relegate

tempestuous seascapes of J.M.W. Turner. This painting is grand in scale, but speaks about the terrors of the human experience.  My initial reaction to this painting is that of melancholy. The dark colors used in the majority of the painting depress my mood, and it creates an eerie atmosphere. Moreover, the colors completely hide the ship out at sea. I had to really focus on the ship in order to distinguish from the overbearing darkness surrounding it. When I see the ship, I initially think of despair.

perhaps the poet, who feel powerless and unworthy. The depiction given in this poem about the city validates my own beliefs. I personally believe that in a city many individuals are forgotten especially if they are people of color. There was also a time in history when people of color, especially black people were treated badly and were not heard or respected, instead they were oppressed and laughed at – “and the gods are laughing at us”. Another poem by Langston Hughes is I, Too, Sing America. Similarly

didn 't allow much space for the people of color to fight for what was right, so the best people were able to do was to avoid confrontation. A person of color wasn’t really allowed to contradict the other race without being beat, or without being wrong when they were actually right. The entire segregation and non slave concept was still fresh, and the space the people of color had to fight was very limited. Fleeing was the best way for someone of color to find where they actually belonged and during

I tell you, in another time will remember us.” She was right. She’s remembered for being a gay poet and is immortalized despite a lot of her works not being found completely. It’s one of my favorite quotes because identifying as a nonbinary queer person who also likes girls, I can relate to Sappho a lot when she writes about her desire for love and personal heartbreaks. This quote also brings me ease as even in “another time” someone will still remember me. I think we all want to leave a legacy of

relationships with other women of color. As an out-of-state freshman from Georgia, one of my biggest worries was making friends. Ladies of Leadership allowed me to surround myself with a diverse group of women who provided a positive environment and space. As cliche as it sounds I found a “home away from home”. I am also interested in social justice. Specifically, inclusion of women of color in mainstream feminism. This topic is important to me because as a woman of color I have found it difficult to