Book Dissection Part3: Our Views On Racism, Sexism, and “This Will Be My Undoing” from Intersectional Insights

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Book Dissection Part3: Our Views On Racism, Sexism, and “This Will Be My Undoing”

33 minutes Posted Feb 15, 2021 at 5:59 pm.

: Essay 7: “Human, Not Black,” on facing prejudice, racial ignorance, and the black experience traveling abroad.

: The need for community when facing tragedy experienced within a marginalized group.

: Adjusting your behavior to the white standard of proper, and deciding how to treat people based on their self-expression and life experience.

: Embracing black identity, and why identify as black?

: Essay 8: “Who Will Write Us?”, on portraying the black experience in film, and the right and wrong ways to share a minority group’s story.

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This is the second to last episode on our dissection of Morgan Jerkins’ book: “This Will Be My Undoing: Living At the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist In White America.” The I-Squared crew dig into essays 7 and 8, discussing traveling abroad as a black person, confronting the question “why are there labels?”, and views on the responsibilities that come along with sharing a minority group’s story.

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Music credits:

Opening: Goestories - Noir Et Blanc Vie

Closing: First Class - DJ Williams

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