‘She’s a practising Muslim who wears a headscarf,’ he said.
“My sister still in shock”: Brother of Strauss-Kahn accuser – Monsters and Critics
You know how I go on and on about the effects of institutionalized racism and how xenophobia in media translates to real consequences in all too real people’s lives?
Well, I dare anyone to give me the side eye while I draw the glaring, evident parallel between France’s radical ban on burqas, the institutional demonization of Muslim women to advance politicians’ careers and this little tidbit I quoted above.
Apparently, Muslim women, in the view of some French politicians are up for grabs: their civil rights up for grabs in exchange of cheap populist votes; their bodies up for grabs for rapists. Because clearly, the symbolism behind these seemingly unrelated events cannot be a mirage I imagine.
Thanks to missbananafish for pointing me to this because I was unaware of this fact.
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