"White supremacy in heels": (white) feminism, white supremacy, and discursive violence

As a progressive intervention into patriarchy, feminism has traditionally centered (white) women's experience, yet when sex and gender are combined with race, feminism tends to lose its progressive edge. We argue that (white) feminism ideologically grounds itself in a gendered victimology that...

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Published inCommunication and critical/cultural studies Vol. 17; no. 2; pp. 253 - 260
Main Authors Moon, Dreama G., Holling, Michelle A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Routledge 02.04.2020
Subjects
discursive violence
feminism
intersectionality
white supremacy
white women
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Summary:As a progressive intervention into patriarchy, feminism has traditionally centered (white) women's experience, yet when sex and gender are combined with race, feminism tends to lose its progressive edge. We argue that (white) feminism ideologically grounds itself in a gendered victimology that masks its participation and functionality in white supremacy. By erasing women of color, positioning women as victims of white male hegemony, and failing to hold white women accountable for the production and reproduction of white supremacy, (white) feminism manifests its allegiance to whiteness and in doing so commits "discursive violence". We end with calling for ideological intersectionality as a possible corrective.
ISSN:1479-1420
1479-4233
DOI:10.1080/14791420.2020.1770819