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"Visibility is also an extremely powerful concept. In a culture that sees marginalized people only through peep shows of white supremacist, patriarchal perspectives—that are always obscured through bias—lack of full recognition becomes a marker of second-class citizenship. For marginalized bodies to enter public spaces and demand visibility not filtered through oppressive gazes—to be seen in any autonomous way at all, matters. But here’s what also matters: Barack Obama as the president of the United States has been one of the most vivid confirmations of racism in a post–Jim Crow America." Read more: thenation/article/174675/female-president-and-power-symbolism-response-amy-schiller#ixzz2VOce9BUJ
Posted on: Thu, 06 Jun 2013 01:41:40 +0000

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