Thursday, September 24, 2009

My name is...



So, I'm doing my reading for my Women's Gender and Studies class and read an article on how Jewish women on college campuses are being called "Japs" - Jewish American Princesses. This derogatory term gives Jewish women the persona of being rich, spoiled, extremely materialistic, and selfish. Another version or the "Jap" is someone who is either deemed a "slut" or someone who is timid with her sexuality. While I had never heard of this term, I could easily identify with the article because of the many negative stereotypes of black women - Mammy, Jezebel, Sapphire, Welfare Queen and so on. So in dedication to women who daily refute the inaccurate stereotypes by being Phenomenally, Woman I give you Nina Simone's Four Women. Enjoy!

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