Why Telling Black Women To Follow Suit To Respectability Politics Is A Lazy Attempt To Combat Misogynoir

Even with "good" behaviour, racism and sexism will thrive.

Petiri Ira
ZORA
Published in
4 min readAug 2, 2023

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Malcolm X told us that Black people ought to be proud of their heritage and cultural identity. He said, that Black people should not have to apologize or assimilate to gain respect from…

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Petiri Ira
ZORA
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