White Feminist Victimization Industry — This is Part 2 of an essay written by a fellow BIWOC who wishes to remain anonymous. Please see Part 1 for discussion of most of essay; the below illustrates some examples of white fragility and the tactical/strategic self-deceptive maneuvers that white feminists employ. I emphasize that I publish these because I believe women of color and intersectional feminists MUST SEPARATE from white feminism and create a separate movement.

White Feminist ‘Victimization’ Industry: Psychology This essay is from a series of nonfiction essays assigned to members of our BIWOC Writing group: each was assigned one white feminist and a documents/interviews, etc and told to underline the aspects of white feminism which damage the forward movement of real feminism. I…

In American Education. American history and secondary school teaching must focus on the Native American Holocaust as an example of general genocide/Holocaust behavior rather than marginalizing and minimizing its reality. As a first-generation mixed race/ethnicity Near/Far East Asian, I believe that one’s country’s own historical crimes should be centered and…

A BIWOC’s Personal Narrative Experience in the IT World — I was recently at a casual get-together with some women (BIWOCs) I had not seen in several years. During this time, one of them expressed her alarm at the suggestion that an alleged ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ group, run by a conservative Black woman named Chloe Valdary, would be adopted by…

I have recently encountered the ‘Imposter Syndrome’ in greater detail than I’d known it before, leading me to consider the collective implications in the context of our white supremacist society. The ‘Imposter Syndrome’ includes a set of feelings and beliefs which lead to a sense that the person is an…

Maintaining White Supremacy Through Faux-Victimization The Imposter Syndrome and White Supremacy In the last year or two, I’ve been reminded about the concept of the ‘Imposter Syndrome’ by several (white) women I’ve met in collegial and professional settings. Through these discussions, I’ve noticed that the ‘Imposter Syndrome’ is a description of the embedded, real-life experience of…

A Response to Other Frustrated BIWOCs Tired of Being Scolded by White Women Don’t attend workshops with white women if you are not white and believe you are human. White women believe they OWN these spaces and will repel any reminder, in our stories, of her profound extrinsic privileging. She…

This is a list of general approaches that people take to negotiating power in their lives. I gleaned this list from a BIWOC writing workshop in which we were trying to explain our professional and personal dilemmas from a psychological standpoint. I’ve found this list really helpful in allowing me…

George ‘I’m a Heather’ Will Strikes Again — Once again, George Will has offered up a tired trope in the form of a ‘dog whistle’ in his recently published article, “Today’s anti-racism usually disguises itself as ‘diversity’” (The Washington Post, May 28, 2021; https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/05/28/todays-anti-asian-racism-usually-disguises-itself-diversity/). Will recycles the generations-long trope that ‘diversity’ (read: Black people) is the reason that…