Race and feminist SF

Guide to oppressions & intersections in SF
Basics: Classism Racism Nationalism, colonialism, xenophobia Religious intolerance Antisemitism Sexism Homophobia & heterosexism Size & beauty standards Disability & ableism Ageism
Manifestations: Institutionalized, systemic, structural Unconscious Conscious Internalized Power relations
Responses: Activism: Antiracism, feminism, etc. Consciousness-raising Redress & affirmative action Diversity & representation
SFnal treatments: Race and feminist SF Race-and-gender stereotypes in SF
See also: Women of color in SF Queer women in SF Women Make SF
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Feminist SF, like SF generally, has handled issues of race, ethnicity, racial prejudice, and institutionalized racism in all manner of ways over the years. Some examples:

• creating diverse representations within the story without specifically focusing on race;
• radical anti-racist treatments;
• "color-blind" treatments;
• stories focused on racism as understood in the historical and present-day Earth societies;
• stories metaphorically treating race and racism in the contexts of aliens, demons, or other kinds of "others";
• stories treating themes that have particular resonance with racism as historically experienced on earth, including slavery or anti-miscegenation laws;
• stories embodying explicitly or propounding explicitly racist ideologies.

See Also

• Women of Color Index
• Feminist SF works by women of color
• Cultural Appropriation (WisCon 30 Panel) and ongoing, intense blog discussions (add links here)
• Joss Whedon & Race on the feminist SF blog (original post by Laura Quilter; substantial commentary on the blog & at [whedonesque.com/comments/10799 Whedonesque]