Editorial: Hate Crimes Are a Feminist Concern  

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Gross, Emma

Jenis: Article from Journal - e-Journal
Dalam koleksi: Affilia vol. 14 no. 2 (May 1999), page 141-143.
Fulltext: 141.pdf (34.43KB)

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Hate crimes most notoriously happen to gay men, often to young gay menwholeave known gay bars or to older gay men who sometimes look for sex in dangerous places. Recently, hate crimes even have occurred in places such as Laramie, Wyoming—a part of the Wild West in which, for the most part, gay still means “happy.” Feminists care about hate crimes because although they mainly are committed against gay men (although lesbians are beaten up, too), they are a violent rejection of the feminist—and democratic—value of diversity—the guarantees of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness that we all consider our birthright. Thus, the grander feminist value is for combating oppression in whatever form it manifests itself, including racism, sexism, and homophobia. I have not seen much in the social work literature lately on the nature of oppression, especially since its postcounterculture rebirth as a central tenet of feminist dogma. Thus, I would urge you to take a moment (for example, in the classes on diversity and oppression that we are required either to teach or take) to reflect on what social workers mean by oppression 30 years after it became part of the professional lexicon on practice.

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