Ziyanda is discoursing the politics of marginalisation, intersectionality and desirability. ALL black women experience marginalisation due to their race and gender.
Darker skinned women experience an additional layer of harm via colourism. Her observation is that few light skinned women use their online platform to discuss the plights of black women.
Those who choose to keep quiet, are probably doing so to preserve the limited desirability society has allocated them.
And she’s not wrong for framing desirability in the context of the “male gaze” because it IS patriarchy and misogyny that dictate global beauty standards.
Regardless of why light skinned women choose silence, it is UNFAIR for them to disengage because they WILL benefit from any liberation that comes from darker skinned women having these difficult conversations.
We all know silence is complicity. Why did some people expect Ziyanda to use gentleness to describe acts of violence she’s been subjected to for her ENTIRE life?
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The public is being called to participate in the draft revised white paper on visas and migration. Cape Town folks, it’s your time to shine. this is about protecting your city, your housing, and your future. Get involved, make your voice heard.
This is the guy who Kidnapped Amahle Thabethe 8 years ago,The SAPS Put up his Picture to be shared but he has never been arrested till today, no one knows where he is and no one has bothered searching for him until he is found,No one talks about his case Pls Share This Picture
Lesego was last seen on 30 October 2023. She left her home in Uitsig on her way to work at a restaurant in Wesdene, Bloemfontein ,and two years later, no one knows where she is. 💔
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i’m tired of mourning women i’ve never met. i’m tired of watching families bury daughters, sisters, mothers. today i stand with every woman demanding change 💜
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