These three case studies make a particular echo to my life as a Black woman afro-descendant several aspects evocate resonate with similar experiences of racism, micro aggression and discrimination both in public/private life and the professional sphere.
The reading was difficult and aswell familiar and this familiarity disturbs (or raise a colere sourde as we say in French) me, as I feel that those common experience that many black women face seems to well know yet the effort they have to explain and raise awareness about these issues, reveal the degree of systemic racism in which our society has been ingrained but also the consensus of the white privileged as a default position for all. This undeniable impression is that our voices are still marginalised and we need to spend extra time to educate, that we are still seen as a group and not as individuals.
But also this urgency to decolonise our minds on a personal level through listening to all experiences as a common and single voice to understand the full complexity of racism and the colonial heritage we live in.
