INCITE/Critical which stated that arresting individual for gender violation has also brought many women into a struggle with the law, especially different individuals who identified as women of color, poor women, lesbians, sex workers, immigrant women, women with disabilities, and other marginalized women. For example, following the mandatory detention laws, there have been numerous events where police officers were called to domestic situations and have arrested the woman who is being battered. Notwithstanding an exponential rise in the number of men in jails, women are not any safer, and the rates of sexual crime and domestic violence have not decreased in the community.
While watching Crenshaw’s she talks about how women’s violation is something the society is not aware of or doesn’t care about. She presented a game where the audiences should stand up and listen to names they recognize. If Crenshaw’s say a name they not familiar with they can be seated. The first few names she said were male individuals who were killed by cops brutality and not a single person seated. But once she started naming females who were killed by cops brutality, almost the whole audience is sitting down.
Based on the film(s) you watched, what do the victim-survivors say about their experience and how are their stories received– by their family/friends/colleagues, the legal system, the media?
The story was about an African American name Emma who was discriminated at an environment she wanted to work in and felt as if she should take action by bringing a complaint to the court. During her case, she stated to the judge that her conflict in that particular environment, and what the judge did next was mind-blowing. He dismissed her stating that the workplace does not discriminate against individuals base on their skin color. I truly understand where Emma is coming from, the judge having kept in mind that Gender also plays an important role in her case which makes his not being understandable.
