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Hey Jessica it's Angela. I wanted to provide quick feedback, but I think your articles are in great shape. You did a good job of using academic language and explaining these concepts.In general, be sure that you have your sources cited correctly (it looks like your first three sources are all marked as citation #1) and that you have 30 sources appearing at the bottom of the page for the final project (right now you have 15, as expected for the draft version). Also be sure that you hyperlink to other relevant pages on wikipedia, such as "Jim Carrey," "Clueless," "BLM Movement," etc. Other than those few small edits, I think you did a great job!
Thanks,
-Angela
Hi Angela! Thank you so much for your feedback! I wanted to ask about the citation - it appears as citation #1 because I copied and pasted it from the original Wikipedia page but when I edit the source and add my input the citations are correct and are the correct numbers for the respective page. I believe it is 1 because that is the link to the page's citations but since I did a copy and paste, this link does not transfer over to my sandbox. However, when I did copy and paste my new work for these pages, the links work and follow the correct citations. Does this sound right?
Microaggression theory
Intersectionality
A microaggression that is intersectional [] [1]is touching a black woman's hair because of the implications that her body (and hair) is on display for anyone to touch. This concept stems back to slavery [in America] in which the black body was on display for auctions of slavery; furthermore, the black woman body was also measured and at risk of her body being used for work, rape, child bearing, etc. Not understanding the implications and historical context of the freedom and agency the black woman's body not given to her during slavery, which have translated to real-time effects[2]. Very recently, microaggressions have transcended into a different type of film: album visuals of Beyonce and her sister Solange. Beyonce's Lemonade and Solange's [A Seat at the Table] have garnered a lot of attention[3], [4] specifically from black audiences, as music telling the story that can be specific to the black women [5].
College campuses
Microaggressions have been the topic of many social media conversations on college campuses across the U.S. in regards to campus climate [6]. Microagressions often marginalize [7] the demographic that is least represented on campus but can also marginalize individuals in certain spaces on campus. For example, the STEM majors are often disproportionately white and male, so students of color and women, may feel marginalized in this community on campus [8]. Microaggressions are a very important social issue on the college campus as college is a very developing time for self-esteem [9]. Those who are college age will be the future leaders of the world in the coming decades and how they see themselves and those around them are a cornerstone in the way society will move to function.
Intersectionality
Key concepts
Interlocking matrix of oppression
Colorism [10] is skin tone stratification and it typically has the lighter skin tones at the top of the hierarchy while darker skin tones are treated less favorably and have been denied of things allocated to those lighter. In America, a common expression of colorism stems from the notion that some African Americans with lighter complexions have ties to "house slaves" [11] and Africans Americans with darker complexions have ancestral ties to "field slaves" [12] Some implications have been that those in the house were being treated better than those in the field because of the intensity of field labor as well as being inside. However, there are two sides that being a "house slave" came with the danger of being subject to more trauma, such as rape, as well as other dangers of interacting with the white slave owners more often. Colorism also exists strongly today on an everyday level with tangible and long-lasting results: the education system [13]. How African Americans and Latino/a students are treated by staff, teachers, administrators, etc. may be biased by the student's skin tone.
Colorism is not a synonym to racism as colorism can occur, and often does, within racial and ethnic groups. The brown paper bag test [14] was used in American for black people to be further divided: those lighter than a brown paper bag were allotted some privilege that those darker were not permitted to. The brown paper bag test and colorism add to the fuel of intersectionality: recognizing the different identities of an individual in order to better understand one's lived experiences which can be different by race, gender, sexuality, as well as color [15], amongst other qualities. The brown paper bag test is not used outright today but there are still implications of colorism; for example in media, lighter skin black females are often more sexualized than their darker counterparts [16].
Opal Tometi
Activism
Black Lives Matter
Tometi is a co-founder, along with Patrisse Cullors and Alicia Garza, of the Black Lives Matters movement. Tometi is credited with setting up the social media aspects of the movement.[4] Black Lives Matter is one of the largest social media movements and is in conversations of all topics: it is in the news, academia, sports, music, and entertainment. One of the larger mediums of Black Lives Matter social forums has been Twitter, which is bringing more media attention to tweets [17]. Tometi's role of social media in the Black Lives Matter movement is paramount to its widespread through online spaces to tangible spaces [18]. The very popular hashtag, #BlackLivesMatter, to Tometi is "an affirmation for our people. It's a love note for our people, but it is also a demand" [19].
Twitter, Instagram, along with other social media platforms, has been used by people to express their standpoint on the topic; social media has become a measure of political views. Millennials' disproportionate use of social media, in relation to older generations, has seen a political resurgence through social media [20]. Black Lives Matter has received mixed responses from Americans but there is no question that it has sparked many conversations, even as a topic in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Debates [21].