An article was written by a senior Black male scientist, Hakeem Oluseyi, and it contained a very clear attack on Prof. Prescod-Weinstein, who is a queer Black agender woman, and an untenured Professor of theoretical cosmology and appointed in Women’s Studies.
The article was shared and lauded by many people, including scientists.
Did you read it before you shared it?
Were you okay with the bad arguments about not standing up for marginalized people?
Were you okay with the personal attack?
Did you recognize the gravity of this?
Did you read it before you shared it?
Were you okay with the bad arguments about not standing up for marginalized people?
Were you okay with the personal attack?
Did you recognize the gravity of this?
The power dynamic here is that a senior Black male scientist attacked a junior (untenured) Black woman scientist -- misogyny.
The junior woman scientist is a Black woman -- this is misogynoir.
It is beyond insidious.
It is as old as enslavement.
It is as new as every moment.
The junior woman scientist is a Black woman -- this is misogynoir.
It is beyond insidious.
It is as old as enslavement.
It is as new as every moment.
Misogynoir is everyone’s responsibility to understand and combat.
If you don’t understand, it’s time to ask why you don’t.
You live in it, and you perpetuate it if you don’t work to stop it.
If you don’t understand, it’s time to ask why you don’t.
You live in it, and you perpetuate it if you don’t work to stop it.
There’s also a particular insidiousness in many communities regarding Black men committing misogynoir.
It’s one of the ways in which we uphold white supremacy by dehumanizing Black women.
When are we going to address this?
It’s one of the ways in which we uphold white supremacy by dehumanizing Black women.
When are we going to address this?
I’m feeling a little at a loss for words here.
How are we still letting this happen?
If it were a mistake of not reading the blog post before sharing it, what does that say about your consideration of the consequences of that seemingly small action?
How are we still letting this happen?
If it were a mistake of not reading the blog post before sharing it, what does that say about your consideration of the consequences of that seemingly small action?
If you read the post and still shared it, what does that say about your lack of understanding of how these dynamics work
... and how WE harm Black women with them?
... and how WE harm Black women with them?
If you shared the post and didn’t unshare after reading all of this,
... and didn’t own up to sharing it, what does it say about how you hold yourselves accountable?
About how we hold ourselves accountable in this community.
... and didn’t own up to sharing it, what does it say about how you hold yourselves accountable?
About how we hold ourselves accountable in this community.
This is where we are: we’re here on social media having to call this out, educate, ask these questions.
Our community doesn’t hold itself accountable, except through us standing up for each other.
Our community doesn’t hold itself accountable, except through us standing up for each other.
What does it say when we fail Black women so much and so deeply?
... when we leave them, leave Dr. Prescod-Weinstein, to fend for themselves?
For example, I should’ve posted this much earlier.
Why didn’t I?
... when we leave them, leave Dr. Prescod-Weinstein, to fend for themselves?
For example, I should’ve posted this much earlier.
Why didn’t I?
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