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“ The historical exclusion from White, ideal models of femininity and the requirement to be independent from men has forged outspokenness for many Black women and girls. I observed this outspokenness at Matthews. Black girls there appeared less restrained by the dominant,White middle-class view of femininity as docile and compliant, and less expectant of male protection than White girls in other educational research
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Morris / Perceptions of Black Girls in Classrooms
its funny because this quote can easily be interpreted to mean that this is a *good* distinction. Like “black women don’t feel included in traditional forms of femininity, but that’s okay because it makes them stronger.” It’s a double edged sward, because in one sense black girls are able to live the life they are socialized into - but once they go from areas where they are one of many WOC to an instance where you are the only black girl in their class - it’s hard for your LACK of “traditional femininity” to not visibly mark you as a defected “other.”
(via newwavefeminism)
