What Happened to Your Black Square?

Alyssa talks influencer marketing and the weaponizing of white femininity from first contact, to the Indian Act, to the transatlantic slave trade, to the suffragette movement.

Trigger Warning: Talk of the Indian Act, Residential Schools, and the Transatlantic Slave Trade which includes instances of abuse (physical, emotional, psychological and sexual abuse) - Abuses are not explained in great detail however, it may be triggering for survivors and others.

References/Resources

Barrera, J. (2018, March 29). The horrors of St. Anne’s. CBC News. https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/st-anne-residential-school-opp-documents

Chan, D. (2018, May 15). Residential school survivors and their descendants share their stories.The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/residential-school-survivors-and-their-descendants-share-their-stories/article24717419/

Davis, Angela. Y. (1983). Women, race & class. Vintage Books. 

Howard Shaw, A. (2018). The Story of a Pioneer: Autobiography of Anna Howard Shaw. Madison & Adams Press. 

Khan Academy. (Accessed: April 6, 2020). Life for enslaved men and women. https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/civil-war-era/sectional-tension-1850s/a/life-for-enslaved-men-and-women

Lewis, T. (2020, April 6). Transatlantic Slave Trade. https://www.britannica.com/topic/transatlantic-slave-trade

Little, B. (2019, March 12). The Massive, Overlooked Role of Female Slave Owners. History. https://www.history.com/news/white-women-slaveowners-they-were-her-property

Tsosie, R. (2010). Native Women and Leadership: An Ethics of Culture and Relationship. (pp. 29-42). Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture. UBC Press.

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