I identify myself as Black and Cisgender. I would incorporate the term “people of color” but I think it’s vague. I also find that term to be dismissive to a certain group is facing social injustice in the U.S. I also fall under the category of “colored people” but I don’t identify with it due to its negative connotations with institutional racism. I fully identify with Black because it represents pride, strength, and acceptance. I love and admire how over the years we were able to transform this word made to degrade us into empowerment. To me, the term “Black” represents all African Diaspora, not only is it inclusive but it is specific to those of African descent. African American is even more specific in my opinion, it represents the descendants of Africans brought to the U.S. and remained. I also Identify with Cisgender because my gender identity corresponds with my assigned sex from birth.
One theory that stood out to me from the reading is “Male as norm”. This theory highlights how most jobs were/are male-dominated. The term “lady-doctor” stood out me because as mentioned, it says that in order for one not to assume that the role of a doctor is solely a male, we must then but lady in front of the noun to show its unisex.
Hey Nyoka
Thank you for sharing, the theory “Male as a norm” is very interesting as you mentioned however I see that the term lady-doctor is used in order to clarify that it is unisex but what if we only said doctor does it really mean we are referring to a male doctor? why cant it refer to both instead of having to clarify for females by adding lady to it? .
Hey Nyoka,
I love your post, I understand that you as a person identify yourself as Black and Cisgender although it falls under the category of “ colored people” which is a term that I personally don’t like, because of the negative connotations that it represents. I understand that everyone should respect and believes in all of its perspectives that people have created.
Hello Nyoka,
I enjoyed this reading . I agree , I am a black woman but i do not use the term people of color due to its negative historical attachment. I loved how you explained your reason of why you chose to define as a black woman. It comes with pride, strength and acceptance , which is so true. I take pride and honor in being a black woman,we are beautiful and strong.
Hello Nyoka,
I love how you mentioned that you identify as a black women because it represents pride, strength, and acceptance! “Male as norm” is something that stands out. Why cant we automatically think a doctor is women? I do not know if its because I identify as a women, but I have never felt the need to say lady/women doctor. It is just ignorant.
Hello Nyoka, I enjoyed reading your discussion post and loved seeing how you mentioned identifying as a black woman because in my eyes it signifies and represents pride, strength and acceptance the most because of our lineage as a race. To me no later what anyone says this is true and I am proud of my skin color because I am an illustrious ebony woman.
For the way you choose to identify, I can say that also as a “black” cisgender person I kind of disagree. I find the term “black” to be dismissive. For me it whips away everything that makes us who we are and lumps us into one category. As a people we do represent strength, pride, and acceptance but for me that term diminishes that. I think the term black doesn’t allow people to find out who their ancestor were, what they went through, and where they came from.