Gender Studies

Assignment
Presentation
Topic –
Gendered
Racism

Arwa Rasheed,19,
BBA III
Gendered Racism
– Gendered racism is a form of oppression that occurs due to
race and gender. It is perpetuated due to the prevalence of
perceptions, stereotypes, and images of certain groups.
Racism functions as a way to distinguish races as inferior or
superior to one another. "Sexism" is defined as prejudice,
stereotyping, or discrimination on the basis of sex.
– Gendered racism differs in that it pertains specifically to racial
and ethnic understandings of masculinity and femininity, as
well as along gendered forms of race and ethnic
discrimination.
– Fundamentally, age, class, and gender are intersecting categories of
experience that affect all aspects of human life. Thus, they
simultaneously structure the experiences of all people in society. At
any moment, race, class, or gender may feel more salient or
meaningful in a given person's life, but they are overlapping and
cumulative in their effects on people's experiences. This emphasizes
that’s difficult for an individual to differentiate which aspect of their
identity is being attacked. It may be impossible for an individual to
assess whether discrimination is due to gender or race.
– Both of these constructs make up the individual's identity, and they
intersect with one another. Because people have intersecting social
identities, it’s important to focus on how these identities shape an
individual's experiences.
– The term gendered racism was originally coined by
sociologist Philomena Essed, and refers to the simultaneous
experience of both racism and sexism. According to Essed,
racism and sexism "intertwine and combine under certain
conditions into one hybrid phenomenon".
Coping
– As a means of coping, African American women relied heavily
on the support of the black community. They also coped by
overachieving or being overly successful, and thinking
positively. Research demonstrated that the coping mechanisms
employed by African American women were not always
beneficial because they heightened distress rather than
decrease it. 
– Possible ways to cope with gendered racism include education,
in which African American women are provided with a space to
openly discuss their experiences and develop strategies to
better handle situations when they are being discriminated
against.
–  Micro aggressions are the everyday verbal, nonverbal, and
environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or
unintentional, which communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative
messages to target persons based solely upon their marginalized group
membership.
– The collective coping strategy proved to be leaning on one's support
networks in which individuals find solace through interactions with friends
and family. The women who utilized this coping strategy spoke about the
comfort they found in having support from other women who had similar
experiences. Self-protective coping involves strategies that are used to
minimize the stressful effect of gendered micro aggressions. Black women
who cope by becoming a Black Superwoman take on multiple roles to
demonstrate their strength and resilience. Other women cope by
becoming desensitized and escaping, which involves downplaying the
seriousness of the situation and attempting to find a way out.
THANK YOU