In my Social Justice ePortfolio (SJ-eP) I analyze existing diversity and inclusion responses to Black Women Artists, Cultural Workers, Organizers and their communities at Build Your Archive located in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Greater Metro Atlanta as part of CIS 668 (Social Justice and Inclusion Advocacy) course during fall 2023. On this page, I provide presentation slides based on a discussion I led on the reading providing an introduction and context of Religious Oppression in Section 4 and pp. 312-340 in the textbook "Readings for Diversity and Social Justice" edited by Maurianne Adams, Warren J. Blumenfeld, D. Chase J. Catalano, Keri "Safire" DeJong, Heather W. Hackman, Larissa E. Hopkins, Barbara J. Love, Madeline L. Peters, Davey Shlasko, and Ximena Zuñiga.
For historical context, By October 30, 2023 Palestine had being under siege of the Israeli Military since Hamas striked on October 7, 2023 . With that in mind I developed my analysis begin with "On Being White and Other Lies" by James Baldwin and to return to the work of Audre Lorde "There is no Heirachy of Oppression" to ground my understanding in how information organizations and companies could provide religious / interfaith programming during a historical moment such as genocide.
CIS 668: Social Justice and Inclusion Advocacy
School of Library and Information Studies,
College of Communication and Information Sciences,
University of Alabama
Memo of Relevance: Article Critique and Review
Name of reviewer: Sierra King
Article’s bibliographic information: Kaye/Kantrowitz, Melanie, Jews In The US: The Rising Costs of Whiteness, Names We Call Home: Autobiography on Racial Identity, 1995
Keywords: Jew, Jewish, Judaism, Christianity, Racism, Lesbian, Identity, White, America, Community, Genocidal, Black, Woman, Lesbian, Feminist, Socialist, Sexism, Oppression
Purpose of the article: The purpose of the main article was to provide an autobiographical perspective of a Jewish Woman navigating the intersecting identities in relation to the historical weight of how Jews came to America.
Theoretical frameworks: Black Studies, Black Feminism
Paradigms/approaches/methods/methodological frameworks: Autobiographical
Strengths (significance) of the article: Provided additional sources for reading by citing well-known author James Baldwin and referencing "On Being White and Other Lies" throughout the essay
Weaknesses (limitations) of the article: While it was written as an autobiographical essay, she did not successfully analyze what James Baldwin was pointing to his article in regards to the Jewish community making a deliberate choice into assimilating into America society as White people and the cost that required of Black people and people of color across the world during that point in history. Specifically how the United States continually supporting and funding a genocide in Palestine.
Important references in relation to student’s areas of interest: Reading "On Being White and Other Lies" by James Baldwin required me to be more diligent on how I analyzed text. Additionally, I learned the Critical Social Justice Approach on how to navigate inter-faith programming and working with people who identify with varied religions and faith.
Ideas and relationship of article to student’s areas of interest: Because my overall Social Justice E-portfilio and project is about the importance of citation analysis with Black Feminist Text. I expanded my analysis to Audre Lorde's "There is no hierarchy of Oppression" to further defend Baldwin's claim and understanding that we are all oppressed by the oppressor and that focusing on one component of racism is not beneficial to anyone in the pursuit of liberation.
