The Importance of Gender in Black Movement Organizing
Oceane Jasor
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The Importance of Gender in Black Movement Organizing
with Oceane Jasor
Oceane Jasor is a Guadeloupean sociologist specializing in race and gender relations in South Africa and the diaspora. She is an assistant professor of sociology at Concordia University.
In this video
Themes
Intersectionality
Anti-Black racism
Gender advocacy
In this video, Jasor discusses the tendency to neglect gender and sexuality when investigating anti-racist protests like Black social movement organizing. She stresses that neglecting to include gender advocacy work in the academy serves to erase the agenda and contributions of Black women and Women of Colour (WOC) within the social sciences and fails to recognize them as key mobilizers of social movements across the world.
Taking action
Make writers of colour a crucial part of your analysis
Make yourself knowledgeable by visiting diversity and inclusion centres at universities
Contribute to anti-Black advocacy by caring for your Black students
Become aware of the hidden racist barriers and obstacles that Black students face
As students of colour, be proactive about seeking mentorship
Resources
Explore Black feminist theoryTheorists such as bell hooks, Patricia Hill Collins, The Combahee River Collective to feminist blogs such as MsAfropolitan