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In reply to the discussion: Black leader 'stunned' after phone call with Facebook's Zuckerberg: [View all]TheBlackAdder
(28,183 posts)19. This reminds me of the Bell Hooks evisceration of the faux feminism with Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In"
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His sister is no better.
http://www.thefeministwire.com/2013/10/17973/
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Although Sandberg revised her perspective on feminism, she did not turn towards primary sources (the work of feminist theorists) to broaden her understanding. In her book, she offers a simplistic description of the feminist movement based on women gaining equal rights with men. This construction of simple categories (women and men) was long ago challenged by visionary feminist thinkers, particularly individual black women/women of color. These thinkers insisted that everyone acknowledge and understand the myriad ways race, class, sexuality, and many other aspects of identity and difference made explicit that there was never and is no simple homogenous gendered identity that we could call women struggling to be equal with men. In fact, the reality was and is that privileged white women often experience a greater sense of solidarity with men of their same class than with poor white women or women of color.
Sandbergs definition of feminism begins and ends with the notion that its all about gender equality within the existing social system. From this perspective, the structures of imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy need not be challenged. And she makes it seem that privileged white men will eagerly choose to extend the benefits of corporate capitalism to white women who have the courage to lean in. It almost seems as if Sandberg sees womens lack of perseverance as more the problem than systemic inequality. Sandberg effectively uses her race and class power and privilege to promote a narrow definition of feminism that obscures and undermines visionary feminist concerns.
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Black leader 'stunned' after phone call with Facebook's Zuckerberg: [View all]
turbinetree
Jun 2020
OP
He can't understand the problems of hate speech and misinformation because he profits from it.
Beakybird
Jun 2020
#1
In the end, it would just mean the Zuckerbergs would be placed on the last train car to be gassed.
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2020
#20
it's difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding
unblock
Jun 2020
#17
If trump's posts are allowed but not marked as BS, comment and set the record straight.
Hoyt
Jun 2020
#18
This reminds me of the Bell Hooks evisceration of the faux feminism with Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In"
TheBlackAdder
Jun 2020
#19
Zuckerberg is all about greed. He doesn't give a shit about America, Americans or American democracy
dalton99a
Jun 2020
#21
I think the solution to this is to simply say no and refuse to use Facebook.
totodeinhere
Jun 2020
#43
In the case of Zuckerberg I don't think he cares. Trump has attacked Asians recently with the
JI7
Jun 2020
#69
Zuckerberg is extremely intelligent, more so than I realized, but he some major defects
Snake Plissken
Jun 2020
#54