An Open Letter from Black Women to the SlutWalk

[homasse]

An Open Letter from Black Women to the SlutWalk
September 23, 2011

We the undersigned women of African descent and anti-violence advocates, activists, scholars, organizational and spiritual leaders wish to address the SlutWalk. First, we commend the organizers on their bold and vast mobilization to end the shaming and blaming of sexual assault

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[dearmisterecho]

[laceleather]

yep.
Even if only in name, we cannot afford to label ourselves, to claim identity, to chant dehumanizing rhetoric against ourselves in any movement
especially that

[adirtylollipop]

Thank you very much for posting this article.

This is definitely an aspect of SlutWalk that I, as a white woman, had not thought about.

[rex_dart]

Thank you for posting this.

[umi_mikazuki]

As one of the organizers for Slutwalk Nashville, I would love to hear how we can be more inclusive. We've made an effort to be inclusive from the beginning of our planning, and to emphasis that the point is victim-blaming, not dressing 'sluttily' (and we've gotten very little press as a result, because we haven't called for such dress and that seems to make some journalists uninterested in writing about it), but if we've messed up in any way, if you have any suggestions for anything else we can say or do, please let me know.

[homasse]

If you go to the source link, there are some links to e-mail addresses for Black Women's Blueprint, who are the people who wrote this letter - talking directly to them might be the best idea.

[umi_mikazuki]

I'll do that. I wouldn't mind any suggestions from people here, as well.

[sunhawk]

Thank you for posting this, I hope those talks do happen and solutions to these issues can be reached!