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  • Race as a Fault Line in Fem...
    Jones Medine, Carolyn M

    Journal of feminist studies in religion, 03/2022, Volume: 38, Issue: 1
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    Jones Medine asserts that Judith Plaskow asks why, when women of color have been members of the editorial board and coeditors of the journal, the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion (JFSR) still feels like a white container, signaling issues women of color raise about feminism and calling on white-centered feminists to examine how they may crowd out women of color, closing the space for expressing anger, signaling oppression, and demanding response. I was not at the Feminist Studies in Religion (FSR) conference; my remarks are about what I heard and my thoughts, addressing: how race marks the line at which white-centered feminism may choose leverage over inclusion; white women's tears as a silencing power move; and Black women, particularly, breaking that silence with anger. A Black woman criticizing Beard's tweet might be seen to cause white women's tears and be labeled an angry Black woman.