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Essay / Is solidarity reserved for white women? - 1812
The phrase “solidarity is for white women” highlights the limited number of women of color who participate in academic debates related to women's issues. However, this is ironic since solidarity means an agreement between individuals sharing a common interest. The phrase stigmatizes white women, even though minorities are the people excluded from debate deals. Allan G. Johnson would certainly say that white women have the privilege of appearing in mainstream media. “What this means is that I also get something that other people are deprived of, people who are exactly like me in the social categories to which they belong.” The phrase attempts to bridge the gap between whites and minorities in mainstream women's media. Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, in his article on racism without race, states that white people occupy a privileged position in the racial order. “However, because all actors assigned to the dominant racial position, regardless of their multiple structural location (men or women, gay or heterosexual) benefit from what Mills calls the “racial contract”…).” This means that a person's first main characteristic is their race rather than their gender. So people are judged based on their demographics in relation to feminism. The characteristic is reduced to details. “#Solidarityisforwhitewomen when pink hair, tattoos and piercings are “weird” or “alt” for a white woman but “ghetto” for a black one. This tweet attempts to demonstrate the discriminating difference between two broad demographic groups. Stereotypes are created by physical appearance, including race. The main reason these tweets are created is to give minorities a chance to express their opinions on white solidarity and exclusion from conversations. Daily, these tweets symbolize the struggle where...... middle of paper ...... had already chained and felled some of the oldest trees and displaced rock outcrops using explosions and a bulldozer. And later, even if the law commanded it, they would not stop” (Hogan 285-286). Andrea's pillars of white supremacy shaped the country of Angel and those close to him in a generic way. Fortunately, the hydroelectric project eventually prevented this. However, this was due to continued struggles and losses between the two governments (Native American and white) and its people. The pillars of white supremacy resisted the progress and growth of Native American culture and territory. Angel overcame the identity struggle by embracing her heritage and learning to commune with nature in order to find true inner peace, despite opposing Western civilization disrupting the peace. She was still able to understand who she was and finally accept her physical and emotional imperfections..