Today, I had the wonderful opportunity to present a project I created to Introduction to Advertising with Meghnaa Tallapragada!
This project was created during my experience on the Rocking the World Klein Global Opportunities trip I attended in January, organized by Hannah Braid, M.S.Ed. and Allie K Miller. The text for our course was Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson. It dives deep into the creation and reinforcement of caste systems, examining the caste system of India, the Holocaust, and Slavery in the U.S.
Meghnaa, David W. Brown, Dana Saewitz, and the rest of our class, traveled to Washington D.C. to visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Then, I created my project, titled Fatphobias Roots in Anti-Blackness, in which I explore and define many concepts. What is fatphobia, how does it relate to caste, and why should we care about it? Where did this bias come from? This led me to explore the roots of fatphobia and find that it historically stems from anti-blackness. The end goal was to connect Fatphobia, Anti-Blackness, and Caste systems together to form a more intentional view of how we view the world.
The most important part of this process is questioning how can we disrupt this caste system?
What systematic barriers are oppressing larger and marginalized bodies? How do you or the people around you talk about body image? Are you calling out the anti-fat rhetoric in discussions with friends, families, doctors, etc.? Are fat folks demonized while thin bodies prevail? How do you see fat bodies portrayed in the media? Do you consume media that center fat bodies in a positive light? Where their bodies, insecurities, and pursuit of becoming smaller are NOT the main plot line?
Since Caste is all about disrupting, I ask you to carry these questions with you. Purposefully take the time to examine how the Caste system and fatphobia cloud your view of the world. And if you have some time, take a look at my full project linked below. Once you see these things, be proactive. Challenge them. Call them out. Disrupt!
Here is the link to my project which is located on our courses gallery website! https://lnkd.in/eHqZFJ2a
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10moVery cool!