Charlottesville White Supremacists Are On the Wrong Side of History
Charlottesville White Supremacists Are On the Wrong Side of History
Charlottesville White Supremacists Are On the Wrong Side of History
Cindy Southworth, the executive vice president of the National Network to End Domestic Violence, tells Bustle that there are many factors at play in these high murder rates. “Institutional racism and the over-policing of people of color adds a significant barrier to survivors reaching out for help from the justice system,” she says, “putting women of color at heightened risk of homicide.
The truth is: The LGBTQIA+ movement could have never come to visibility if it weren’t for the active participation, resistance, resilience, and pushback spearheaded by trans, gender non-conforming, and non-binary leaders of color.
When it comes to mainstream feminism, race and other identities often take a backseat to gender equality—and that simply isn’t good enough.
As the National Organization for Women president, Terry O’Neill, said to me, “Any network that hires him, what they’re doing is sending a message to women: ‘We don’t care about sexual harassment.’”