Bachelor thesis | Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (BSc)
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After discussing the racial discrimination in the United States throughout history to provide historical and societal context, I turn my attention to the people central in this thesis, i.e. African...Show moreAfter discussing the racial discrimination in the United States throughout history to provide historical and societal context, I turn my attention to the people central in this thesis, i.e. African-American women. By highlighting the intersectional discrimination faced by black women, I have shown that their unique experiences offer additional and worthwhile information for understanding African-American experiences in general. After this, I turn my attention to the topic of resilience. By contrasting general African-American resilience and the unique features of African-American female resilience, I show again how female African-American experiences are important to consider when one wants to represent African-Americans. In this thesis, I stress the value of considering specific subgroups of a particular group of people to create more complete representations, because they offer information that would otherwise be ignored.Show less
