Ok. So I read the first 3 paragraphs of @CMEdeOliveira's post over at Jezebel. Had to stop when she called Baartman an "illegal immigrant."
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See, calling Saartjie Baartman an "illegal immigrant" does tremendous violence. At best, it erases her indigeneity.
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But, of course, it does a lot more than that. It casts her entire being--but her flesh especially--as criminal.
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And I say that because the authors fixation is Baartman's flesh. Which, again, is cast as illegal, as criminal.
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Apologies that I can't bring myself to read the entire article. There's only so much violence I can handle in one week. And I hit my limit.
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But anyway, the author's violence doesn't stop there. She took to Twitter to defend this garbage and did it in the worse way possible.
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When brilliant black women like
@bad_dominicana questioned @CMEdeOliveira about the article, she snapped, "I'm Latina."3 replies 13 retweets 12 likes -
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People are assuming she's a white Latina. Tbh, I can't tell from the avi. But I'll tell you what she's not: she's not black.
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@aurabogado She's using 'Latina' to shield herself from criticism. Latina ≠ race.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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