Les femmes noires et la COVID-19 : des sacrifices
With Jade Almeida
Jade Almeida is a doctoral candidate in sociology at Université de Montréal and a Black feminist scholar with a focus on Black women who love women.
In this video
Themes
- Intersectionality
- Anti-Black racism
In this video, Jade centers racial disparities during COVID-19 to highlight how the global “care-work” by Black woman has been historically racialized and exploited. Ultimately, she debunks the trope of Black female “resilience” and “servility” – calling for state, organizational and individual accountabilities to upholding the rights and security of Black women in the workplace, research inquiry and community work.
Taking action
- Donate to and get involved in organization that support Black, Queer, Trans and migrant populations
- A long-term solution is to do your research on how academic institutions normalize the invisibility of Black communities
- Embrace feminists, Indigenous, Black, and racialized theorists, then consciously cite them
Resources
- Patricia Hill Collins book “Black Feminist Thought”
- Robyn Maynard “Policing Black Lives”
- Rose-Myrlie Joseph “the Invisibility of Haitian Maids”, then all her other articles and YouTube account
- Evelyn Nakano Glen’s article “Forced to Care”
- Dionne Brand’s book “No Burden to Carry”