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Current Event SPR2025 Essivi Collins
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/feb/12/moj-apologises-woman-racism-prison-mother-baby-unit-new-hall In this article, there is a discussion about an unnamed woman who sued the Ministry of Justice after being imprisoned in a mother and baby unit called HMP New Hall near Wakefield. This occurred in England, and the woman detailed racist abuse and being targeted as well as her son due to race. The horrific treatment that the woman endured shows how globally black women in the most vulnerable of positions are treated significantly worse than their white counterparts due to race. This is ongoing and can only be confronted through exposure, which the woman did, stating that she was fighting for women such as herself and her son…
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Self-Reflection on Final Project Essivi Collins
Presentation Student Submission CUNY Hunter College Spring 2025 As a Black, multicultural woman who has lived a history of trauma and abuse, this course has represented an academic journey as well as an emotional and spiritual reckoning. I have experienced the reality of misogynoir throughout my life, far before I learned that it had been solidified into a term and theory. As a teenager, I was consistently sexualized and stereotyped in ways that robbed me of safety and dignity. I identified more with black culture, media, music and peer groups after arriving in NYC in early adolescence, and also began experimenting with alcohol and drugs. This led me down a…
