It's METOO... Right? | April-Autumn Jenkins | TEDxDuke

Описание: Including Women of Color in the discussion of Sexual Violence

Tarana Burke, an activist from Harlem, founded the me-too movement on MySpace in 2006 with the goal of amplify voices of underprivileged black girls who had experienced sexual abuse. In 2017 Alyssa Milano tweeted “Me too” during the Harvey Weinstein accusations which brought a resurgence of international awareness to sexual assault. Let's be clear... the problem isn’t that White women are using metoo to raise awareness, the issues is the many voices that are excluded and unrecognized when white women have the ONLY voice & platform. When this happens, the message becomes that sexual violence is ONLY a white women’s issues, when Black, Latina and Indigenous women have historically been disproportionally affected by sexual violence for centuries. It’s problematic when the stories of women of color, trans women and queer people get pushed aside and their pain is never prioritized. Even worse, We don’t talk about indigenous women. Their stories go untold. Who is April-Autumn? She is a clinical mental-health therapist with over 20 years of service to youth and young adults in the community as well as universities and college campuses. She often speaks up and amplifies the voices of those who society deems invisible and unworthy. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx