“White and male-centric, the [business development] industry is full of over-sexualizing women, Asian women even more so. I’ve been called ‘China doll.’ I’ve heard a lot of politically incorrect slip-ups about my race and the stereotypical affinities and traditions tied to it.”
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Shanita Hubbard, 38, Pennsylvania, Professor And Writer
“There is often lack of belief for black women, so there is a lack of reporting. Look at when Lupita Nyong’o, who has so much privilege and is wealthy and beautiful and famous, wrote about Harvey Weinstein — she is [one of the few] women Harvey questioned. People don’t believe us. Society dismisses black women on so many levels. People minimize our pain and don’t hear our pain.”
3. Cindy Rodriguez, 34, New Jersey, Journalist
“I think one reason people sexualize Latinas so much is because of how we’re portrayed in the media. I recently took a road trip to middle America and noticed that some people have never even met a Latina before. Their first impression of how we are and act or who we are is through the media. We’re usually portrayed as crazy hot heads or hypersexualized women in red dresses. And when people see something over and over again, they start to think it’s real.”
4. Sandy Hong, 29, New York, Nonprofit Director
“Ultimately, these are industries by white, cis, hetero men. Much of the success is related to proximity and relationship to this identity. For me, being an Asian, queer, trans, non-binary individual, so much of my existence is in resistance to that identity.”
“Being black and also from Africa, I would get a lot of “I want to get a little piece of chocolate” or “dark chocolate” references ― which is not flattering, because you’re being objectified. These terms stem from a white man in power being curious and never having been with a black woman — and there is an undertone of subordination.”
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