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At the Intersection(s) of Racism and Ableism
Julia
Karpicz
Disability Services CoordinatorSlide2
This presentation will explore, on a introductory level, “racism and ableism as intersecting processes of exclusion”
and oppressionJarman
, M., 2012, “Coming Up from Underground: Uneasy Dialogues at the Intersections of Race, Mental Illness, and Disability Studies”Slide3
Interconnected Oppressions
“Interconnected experiences of racism and ableism affect the lives of racialized disabled people in particular ways…the ableist assertion that intelligence governs value and usefulness in society is intertwined with characterizations of racialized people as inherently without value because of perceived intelligence
”
Ware, S.,
Ruzsa
, J., and Dias, G., (2014) “It can’t be fixed because it’s not broken: Racism and disability in the prison industrial complex”Slide4
Interlocking StereotypesSlide5
Intersectionality
Photo of: Stephanie “
Najma
” Johnson
Black Deaf Blind Pan-Queer
womanist based in Buffalo, NYSlide6
Interlocking Stereotypes: Education 1
Benjamin Zephaniah“Poet
, writer, lyricist, musician and trouble
maker”Slide7
Interlocking Stereotypes: Education 2
“I used to blame myself for not being smarter…I started to believe that I was inadequate for the schools I attended, and no one else outwardly could see me struggling. I was the perfect model minority going to an exceptional school. Not only was my disability invisible, but my identity as an Asian-American made it even more so
.
”
Anonymous, (2016), “
Asian Pacific Americans with Disabilities: Our Stories, Our Lives”Slide8
Interlocking Stereotypes: “Too different”
Photo of: Sabina England
“Deaf
Indian Muslim Filmmaker, Playwright, and Theatre
Artist”Slide9
Interlocking Stereotypes: Criminality and Difference
“Racism makes police see black skin as a sign of inherent violence, strength, and guiltiness. Ableism causes police to assume that a person who is acting outside of what they would expect or see as “normal” is a
threat
.”
Katie
Farro
, (2015). “The Impact Of Ezell Ford On All Of Us: The Clash Of Ableism And Racism”Slide10
Lost corporal histories
“Although Till’s short life became legendary, few [know] that Till had been left with a speech impediment as a result of a bout with bulbar polio. His mother had taught him, when he had trouble speaking, to whistle in order to get his throat muscles to relax … Until her death [his mother] believed that the whistle leading to her son’s death had been the result of an attempt to free his voice.
”
Anne Finger, quoted in Bell (2011), “Introduction: Doing Representational Detective work”Slide11
Impacting Stereotypes: Care“My
mother did not know, in utero, that I had this disability [osteogenesis imperfecta] and I had a lot of broken bones … So I was born with my, both of my arms and legs
broken … And
I was not diagnosed initially with brittle bone disease. Instead, the way my family tells the story, the doctors immediately thought that my mother was a victim of domestic violence. Or that she a drug
addict … That she had done something to cause this … I think [race] played a huge role.”
Yomi Wrong (2015), Disability Visibility Project InterviewSlide12
Interlocking Stereotypes: Care
“Between white people literally believing that black people are magic (and therefore impervious to feeling pain) and the “strong, independent black woman” stereotypes, there’s not much room for people to believe that black women can suffer in the first place.
And if a black woman is impervious to pain, why would anyone help her
?”
Kwanzaa
Imani, (2015) “Black
Women with Disabilities Need More Support than Just Financial
Aid”Slide13
Interlocking Stereotypes: Pain
“In a study of medical students and residents, researchers find that a substantial number of white medical students and residents hold false beliefs about biological differences between black and white people
(e.g., black people’s skin is thicker; black people’s blood coagulates more quickly) that could affect how they assess and treat the pain experienced by black patients
.”
Fariss
Samarrai
,
(2016), “Study Links Disparities in Pain Management to Racial
Bias”Slide14
Discussion: Intersections
What areas of intersection stood out to you? Education? Care? Criminality? Why
did this area stand out to you?
When imagine activism in these areas (racial justice, disability justice, equity in education, care, transformative justice), what types of activism stand out to you as the most impactful? The most visible? The most valued?Slide15
Ability-Inclusive Racial Justice WorkSlide16
“When I think about access, I think about love…
[This love is] in big things, but it’s also in the little things we do moment by moment to ensure that we all- in all our individual bodies- get to be present fiercely as we make change
…”
Leah Lakshmi
Piepzna-Samarasinha
“Fragrance Free Femme of
Colour
Realness Draft 1.5”Slide17
Inclusive Racial/Disability Justice WorkPhoto of Mia Mingus
“Writer, community educator and organizer working for disability justice and transformative justice”Slide18
Challenging Ability AssumptionsHow can we start to challenge
presumed and “compulsory able-bodiedness
as an
organizing practice
in social life?”
Erevelles
, N. (2014)Slide19
Inclusive Practices: Active
Plan for accessibility:
Are you co-organizing an event, or creating new promotional materials for your organization/event? Learn about the accessibility issues that are relevant in your office/work (ADA, UDL, etc.) and to your community.
Be mindful of personal perceptions and assumptions
Listen and learn
!Slide20
Inclusive Practices: Activism
“…questioning the moments when we are making demands for a certain kind of involvement that requires lots of energy, lots of commitment and lots of movement.
we have to start questioning the moments when we are disappointed that we are missing people.
who are we searching for and why aren’t they here?
and when we - disabled folks - show up, are we going to be centered or counted as moving numbers up in our base
?”
ngọc
loan
trần
. (2013
) “Revolution from my bed”Slide21
Inclusive Practices: Bystander
Look for accessibility: “Hmmm…this toilet seat seems kind of low. This chair is partially blocking the hallway. The font size on this event flier/handout is really small. Our regular meeting space is only accessible via stairs.”
Ask about accessibility:
“Do you know if the restrooms on this floor are accessible? Could we move this chair? Could we print this information in larger font size? Could we move our meeting to an accessible room
?”Slide22
Inclusive Practices: Language
Be mindful of language and microaggressions
Try to use people-first language
Denial
of disability experience – “You have a disability??? Oh stop, you are just being dramatic.”
Using
disabilities as negative adjectives “Y’all
want
to be human, but you’re blind to what you need!” implying that blindness is a negative attribute
.Slide23
Discussion: Challenging Ability AssumptionsHow
will you start to challenge presumed and “
compulsory able-
bodiedness
as an
organizing practice
in social life?”
Erevelles
, N. (2014)Slide24
Thank you!