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[[White women's tears]] was a joke referenced several times during [[RaceFail_09|RaceFail '09]].  It refers to the tendency of race and gender discussions in feminism to be derailed by white women into the pain the discussion is causing non-POC. It parodies the overwrought concern of "(missing) [[white woman syndrome]]" or WWS<ref>See: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_white_woman_syndrome Missing white woman syndrome], in which the media focus disproportionately on missing white women over missing women of colour or other missing people.</ref>.  
[[White women's tears]] was a joke referenced several times during [[RaceFail_09|RaceFail '09]].  It refers to the tendency of race and gender discussions to be derailed by white women into the pain the discussion is causing non-POC. It parodies the overwrought concern of "(missing) [[white woman syndrome]]" or WWS<ref>See: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missing_white_woman_syndrome Missing white woman syndrome], in which the media focus disproportionately on missing white women over missing women of colour or other missing people.</ref>.  


[[badgerbag]] created [http://delux-vivens.livejournal.com/1182535.html an image] in [[delux_vivens]]'s journal.
[[badgerbag]] created [http://delux-vivens.livejournal.com/1182535.html an image] in [[delux_vivens]]'s journal.

Revision as of 17:47, 10 February 2009

White women's tears was a joke referenced several times during RaceFail '09. It refers to the tendency of race and gender discussions to be derailed by white women into the pain the discussion is causing non-POC. It parodies the overwrought concern of "(missing) white woman syndrome" or WWS[1].

badgerbag created an image in delux_vivens's journal.


References

  1. See: Missing white woman syndrome, in which the media focus disproportionately on missing white women over missing women of colour or other missing people.