"The Globe Trotting Sneaker" by Cynthia Enloe
Years ago a teacher mentioned what these companies were doing and I was outraged. An outraged twelve year old only got laughed at and made fun of. Instead of encouraging me to think about it and work through in my mind how to solve these problems I was told that they weren't my problems to solve. Even my neo-hippie parents just rolled their eyes and figured I'd lose interest, which I did, but not before I learned that apathy is contagious and one of the most dangerous afflictions threatening the world at large, if we can't make people care about other people regardless of the country in which they had the fortune or more importantly misfortune to be born how will positive change ever be enacted? (I suppose I'm realizing it isn't the questions that upset me, but the lack of answers)
"Understanding the other sister: The case of Arab feminism" by Susan Muaddi Darraj
There is so much work and research to be done before I feel like I can even comment on the issues of Arabian women. I love that I now have the titles of some works that I can look up. I've always been interested in cultures and their interactions because I don't have a positive definition of culture to associate with my American Caucasian-ness because it is such a stigma to be white, not that is shouldn't be because we have enacted so many injustices, but it is most definitely discouraging trying to figure a way out of the ignorance associated with our identities as white Americans.
To be continued...
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