Professor Patricia Hill Collins in her interview examines the problem of sexism and racial discrimination. She focuses on the LGBTQ community and the fact that currently, too little attention is paid to the elimination of discrimination against black men and women. In her interview, Collins gives examples of various series, and television programs that show not only black people but also the LGBTQ community.
She provides examples of the fact that it was forbidden for gays and lesbians to marry until recently, and when this ban was lifted, society, in her opinion, became better. Nevertheless, the author does not provide practical solutions to the issue of racism and discrimination of the LGBTQ community. Collins does not offer possible solutions in her opinion for the elimination of the case that worries her so much. It would be interesting to study further articles by the author in which she will consider her policy of working on the eradication of racial and sexual discrimination.
The purpose of this interview is to demonstrate the author’s attitude to the sexuality of black people and racial discrimination. The author refers to her own opinion and her works written earlier. The source reflects different ethnic groups, and the issue of discrimination is based precisely on the difference between black and white people. The author is a professor at the University of Maryland and the creator of many respected research papers. Racial discrimination and negative attitude towards the LGBTQ community are essential and acute and push my perspective. The text is aimed at anyone who wants to understand the existing problem in detail.
The work was first published in 2004, but later the author continued to study the topic and wrote more recent works. Updating the information is not an obstacle since the problem is still relevant. It cannot be said that the author has provided evidence of his judgments since the text still expresses more of the author’s own opinion concerning the problem.
Reference
Collins, P. H. (2004). Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism. Routledge.