In #sociology, we should NOT accept racist images of "Africa" and so-called "#PovertyPorn." #VisualSociologypic.twitter.com/NZQ5nPu4iQ
I've just spent the last couple of hours critiquing racism and sexism in a #VisualSociology group. Thread is public https://www.facebook.com/groups/visualsociology.org/10153241989698714/?notif_t=group_comment_follow …
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@OtherSociology: In#sociology, we should NOT accept racist images of "Africa" and so-called "#PovertyPorn."pic.twitter.com/OYTKb0g7d3
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Various popular
#sociology groups share racist imagery often without adequate critique or moderation in#SocialMedia groups#VisualSociologyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Many online
#sociology groups are run by White sociologists and the voices that dominate discussions are also White.#visualsociologyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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It is not enough to share the occasional article on
#WhitePrivilege while sharing problematic or traumatising racist images#visualsociologyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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#Sociology produces higher numbers of#PeopleOfColour but they do not succeed in academic careers especially women.#VisualSociology#wocThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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The most cited
#sociology texts are by White men from North America and Western Europe http://goo.gl/CrBdCQ This impacts#VisualSociologyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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#Sociology is dominated by Western perspectives including#SocialMedia discussions to the exclusion of#PeopleOfColour#VisualSociology#pocThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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Using images of
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@OtherSociology somehow ok because the subjects of the photos 'wouldn't know' and 'no-one seeing them would recognise them'. I mean, what? -
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@JaneEMCallaghan Yes exactly - they are "subjects" in the colonial sense: there for our consumption & edification.#VisualSociology -
@OtherSociology Using terms like 'cargo cult' on that thread revealed his colonial outlook.
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Being a sociologist or member of
#sociology group does not excuse#racism,#sexism,#homophobia or other discrimination.#VisualSociologyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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If you run or belong to a
#sociology group using images of vulnerable or disadvantaged groups, think about issues of power.#VisualSociologyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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As a woman of colour, I've just faced racist and sexist abuse in a
#sociology group and not for the first time.#VisualSociologyThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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How sociologists use images is often a source of
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@OtherSociology Just read that thread - really atrocious aggression, not so micro. -
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@JessieNYC Thank you. So much talk lately of what it means to be woman doing public science & costs esp for#WOC. http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2015/02/26/389233371/a-toxic-stew-risks-to-women-of-public-feminism …
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Women of colour are often the sole voices trying to educate on Western colonialism, racism in
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Sociologists are quick to critique racism & other discrimination by media & institutions, but do not examine own practices.
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