Double Jeopardy Analysis

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Frances Beale: Double Jeopardy
In Frances piece, “Double Jeopardy,” Frances M. Beal explains how capitalism and racism has come to deny humanity of all people, especially that of black people. One meaning of “Double Jeopardy” is linked primarily to Black women. For example if a female Black woman is trialed, it is taken into account that she is female and Black, hence the term ‘double.’ But more specifically, “Double Jeopardy” is linked to both Black men and women. Opposed to White men or women who are tried with the account that they’re white, Black women and men are tried twice for the same infraction because of their skin color. Beal goes on to discuss some of the major problems presented in his essay which include exploitation of Black
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Spade stresses that these categorizations are so natural that they’ve turned into facts. Gender classification takes part in many of our lives such as prisons, bathrooms, homeless shelters, etc... The state categorizes people into populations,sadly, by their gender. When one fills out, any type of application, they will most probably run upon a “M” or “F” box to indicate their gender. However, for transgendered people, this can be a major issue due to the fact that their gender might conflict on different applications. For example, many job applicant suffer adverse treatment because their gender conflicted with the gender on their Social Security. They then become homeless and can’t join a shelter because of the same issue. Furthermore, those who are transgendered and of color, undocumented, poor, etc… face double the adversity so they face double jeopardy. Therefore, those who are transgendered face many harsh consequences merely because of …show more content…
She defines lesbian existence as a women’s choice of women as passionate comrades, life partners, co-workers, lovers, and community. It is a reality, not an imagined life-style; it’s a source of knowledge, energy and power available to women. It is woman-identified experience, the forms of primary intensity between and among women, and it is connected to compulsory heterosexuality because it is a bond against male tyranny. But it is also more than that; lesbian existence seeks to break taboos and the rejection of a compulsory way of life. One of Rich’s recurring themes is that lesbian existence has always existed alongside heterosexuality but has been denied a voice, silenced, oppressed, so that lesbians feel alone in their choices, as if they are the first to do it. Rich argues that this lesbian bond re-creates a mother-daughter bond. From a feminist-psychological perspective, the search for love and tenderness in both sexes seems originally to lead toward women, from this mother-daughter relationship, Rich asks the question: why in fact do women redirect energy and this search toward