Student Submission CUNY Hunter College Spring 2025 Moya Bailey explains that Misogynoir is not just the racism experienced by Black women, nor is it the misogyny they face. Rather, Misogynoir refers to the specific and intertwined racial and sexist violence directed at Black women due to their interconnected and overlapping oppression at the crossroads of racial and gender marginalization. In the scene from Steven Spielberg’s The Color Purple (1995) exemplifies the concept of misogynoir, the specific intersection of racism and misogyny directed toward Black women. Celie, a dark-skinned, non-ambiguous Black woman, endures particularly harsh treatment at the hands of her abusive husband. The dinner table scene underscores the way he…