"We See you, Hermana!"- MAS Alumna, Dr. Rachel Gomez, Talks Intersectionality

WE SEE YOU, HERMANA — AT ALL OF YOUR POWERFUL INTERSECTIONS! THE WHITE FACIAL FRAMING OF SERENA WILLIAMS February 5, 2019Article Link Rachel F. Gomez, Michelle Rascon-Canales and Andrea Romero This article arose from a discussion among Latinx scholars, disillusioned by the treatment and reaction to superstar-tennis-champion, mother and Black woman, Serena Williams, at the U.S. Open on September 8, 2018. It was clear to us that this performance of white racial framing (WRF) (Feagin, 2010) on Serena at this momentous point in the women’s’ championship match was exacerbated by her intersectionality (Crenshaw, 1989) as a Black woman, and as a...